This project doesn't have any activity yet, post an update or log some buzz! More environmentally friendly stormwater management, to ensure healthier rivers and creeks, is one goal of Philadelphia's Green City, Clean Waters plan. Sustainability. Green City, Clean Waters; Resource Recovery and Energy Production; Watershed Protection; Education & Outreach. A pandemic is naturally a time of anxiety and even fear. These Green Stormwater Infrastructure solutions do triple duty: they effectively address flooding and pollution, make our communities more enjoyable, and provide good local jobs, from builders to designers to laborers and landscapers. On Wednesday, Kenney laid out a new sustainability plan aimed at making the city healthier and greener, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.Goals include ensuring people can access healthy and affordable food and water, clean air, and parks and green spaces.

This is no time to go backward. From the water we drink and wash our hands with, to the systems that manage floodwaters and protect our rivers, it is the foundation of healthy communities and thriving economies. All rights reserved.Soak It Up Adoption provides grants to civic groups to help maintain the beauty and functionality of green stormwater infrastructure. Soil pollution, which can also be called soil contamination, is a result of acid rain, polluted water, … Proven, innovative water solutions are already working in Philadelphia and the surrounding area. By implementing green stormwater infrastructure projects, such as rain gardens and stormwater planters, the City can reduce water pollution impacts while improving our essential natural resources and making our neighborhoods more beautiful. Cynthia Koehler is the executive director of the WaterNow Alliance, a national network of urban water utility leaders advancing sustainable water strategies. From green roofs, street trees, and rain gardens, to “smart” water systems that harvest and reuse water, irrigating lawns and farms, there is a growing toolkit of innovative, decentralized technologies that grow local economies while providing a more reliable and resilient supply of clean water. It will also result in more — and more fairly distributed — public health benefits, creating jobs, revitalizing economic development, and helping to guarantee access to safe, affordable water for everyone.

The Philadelphia Water Department educational programs for teachers and for children provide opportunities throughout the year. The Philadelphia Water Department educational programs for teachers and for children provide opportunities throughout the year. The Philadelphia Water Department strives for sustainable utility operations to ensure that we are capable of meeting the social, economic and environmental demands of a 21st Century water utility. To complement Philadelphia’s Green City, Clean Waters plan, PWD is also working to restore the city’s urban streams and keep them free from trash and debris.The Philadelphia Water Department has a Climate Change Adaptation Program to better understand the impacts climate change will have on Philadelphia’s water infrastructure and how it needs to invest and plan for a future that looks different than the past. ©2020 Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia Please read our open letter to our city, state, and federal legislators and government officials on the challenges and needs of our local business community in the face of COVID-19. Explore and discover 300+ environmental internships and hundreds of other internships that are located around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are field trips to Fairmount Water Works or water treatment plants, teacher workshops or stormwater best management tours, and online resources, including an urban watershed curriculum. The pandemic has refocused federal leaders on the vital issue of the nation’s water infrastructure. News about the coronavirus is changing quickly. Green City, Clean Waters; Resource Recovery and Energy Production; Protecting Waterways; ... A quick-read guide to the latest Water Quality Report (Updated for 2020) ... How we make top-quality tap water in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department manages over 10,000 acres of public open space in Philadelphia as well as hundreds of structures and buildings. Humans pollute water with large scale disposal of garbage, flowers, ashes, and other household waste. They should include direct support for public water utilities to invest not only in conventional systems but in green and other decentralized infrastructure solutions at large scale.

Since one green acre is as valuable as another, Water Department workers have been installing green stormwater infrastructure projects in a range of public areas, focusing on neighborhoods with little or no green space. But it also an opportunity to leave outdated ideas behind and look forward to more modern solutions.A rain garden in Fishtown that prevents stormwater from entering the sewer system. Green infrastructure is also often more equitable, providing benefits like green space, cleaner air, and reduced local flooding to neighborhoods.