Green City Clean Waters

When I visited muralist Eurhi Jones at her temporary studio in Fairmount Park’s Sweetbriar Mansion, she stopped on her way up the front steps to gasp: there was a moth on the porch, its stark white wings covered with black...

We’ve been following SustainPHL award recipient Green City Clean Waters since the beginning and can’t believe they recently celebrated 5 years! They’ve greened a grand total of 837.7 Greened Acres as of June 1st, which equates to an estimated 1.5...

What makes a SustainPHL Climate Hero? These nominees advocate to bring climate change as a central part of our conversation or take action to fight climate change. We’re honoring sustainability changemakers from across the city on August 18th at WHYY. Make sure...

Clockwise from top left: A stormwater bumpout near the Universal Daroff Charter School in West Phila.; rain garden on E. Norris St. in East Kensington; stormwater basin at Kemble Park in North Phila.; stormwater tree trench on Snyder Ave. in...

The Sustainable Business Network (SBN) officially released the Local Economic Impact Report of the First Five Years of Green City, Clean Waters. Green City, Clean Waters is in year 5 of 25, with Philadelphia Water projected investments of $1.2 billion...

By Philly Watersheds Blogger Brian Rademaekers The biggest source of pollution impacting the quality of Philly’s rivers today? Stormwater runoff. Philadelphia Water is fighting that pollution in a number of ways, including our multi-decade green stormwater infrastructure program, Green City, Clean...

We already explained why Philadelphia Water’s Green City, Clean Waters initiatives are setting examples for the rest of the nation. How can you stay on top of the latest and greatest stormwater initiatives? Here’s a few of the innovative ways...

As they explained in last week’s post, Philadelphia Water is taking a new approach to stormwater management through its Green City, Clean Waters initiative. Philadelphia Water isn’t slowing down with initiatives. From a living wall that you can see, to...

At its heart, Philadelphia Water has been a “green” organization for two centuries. The core mission for the more than 2,000 people working here is to ensure that every Philadelphian has access to safe, clean drinking water – which means protecting...