Green City, Clean Waters

Free rain barrel workshops. Watershed cleanups. Philly Water Bar parties. Community input on green infrastructure projects... We will meet again, Philly! Be the first to know when we’re back: text PWD Events to 468311 or go here phillyh2o.info/signup

How much do you value water?

Day 2 of #DelRivFest! Find out about all the free fun ways you can connect with the river that connects Philly to the sea + is the #1 ingredient in so many amazing local craft brews http://water.phila.gov/blog/del-rv-fest-2020

Philadelphia Water Department is joining The Value of Water 2020 United for Infrastructure campaign this week to highlight its continual investment in green infrastructure and the partners who help make that possible. On Wednesday, we officially welcomed Friends Rehabilitation Program and Cloud 9 Rooftop Farm into the Soak It Up Adoption family! They’ll maintain GSI sites in West Philly, including rain gardens and a swale at 50th St. & Haverford Ave. Thank you for helping us #RebuildBetter!

How can we rebuild our infrastructure in a way that benefits all Americans? Tune in tomorrow to hear a discussion with The Value of Water:

We appreciate our Soak It Up Adoption members helping to keep our green stormwater infrastructure clean! Tookany/Tacony-Frankford (TTF) Watershed Partnership, with help from PowerCorps PHL and Friends of Vernon Park, recently removed 20 bags of trash + 21 bags of organic debris at one of our very first rain gardens in Germantown’s Vernon Park. Thank you!

Everything we do is about this: protecting and improving Philadelphia precious, beautiful waterways. See how fellow watershed advocates captured that beauty for the Fairmount Water Works Photo Contest, and check back Friday for the 1st-place submissions.

When litter gets into Cobbs Creek, it threatens fish, birds, and other wildlife - including species like Bald Eagles living in the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge At Tinicum. You can help protect wildlife by pitching in at this week's volunteer cleanup

Intern alert: With Philly being a national leader in green infrastructure, the Philadelphia Water Department's Green Stormwater Landscape Design team has some of the most experienced and knowledgeable experts in the field. They're looking for a fall intern to help with inspecting and identifying stormwater vegetation in the Green City, Clean Waters infrastructure systems serving Philadelphia neighborhoods. Apply by Friday, Sept. 4: at 5 p.m. - https://phillyh2o.info/GSI-fall-2020-intern

We've missed our volunteers this summer! Join Love Your Park and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation for two watershed cleanups tomorrow and help us keep litter our Philly's rivers and creeks - Signup below

Do you live in a part of Philly served by the older combined sewer system? See the "Check Map" link in our blog on the Basement Protection Program, created to help people living in the combined sewer area get free backflow prevention devices installed. Backflows occur when heavy rain overwhelms sewers and water backs up into basement plumbing. http://water.phila.gov/blog/basement-protection-program

Thank you to the neighborhood groups and nonprofits continuing to care for local green stormwater tools through our Soak It Up Adoption mini-grants program! https://phillyh2o.info/2020-SoakIt

Happening now! Tune in to ask Philadelphia Water Department questions live !

The Philadelphia Water Department is hiring for a Graduate Civil Engineering position! The deadline for applications is Friday, July 24, 2020: https://phila.peopleadmin.com/postings/70422 If you're interested in working for a world-class water utility and making a positive impact on millions of people’s lives each day, please apply right away. This is a beginning-level engineering position with the City of Philadelphia civil service. The position includes a hiring bonus:

If you recently got a Philadelphia Water Department postcard in the mail, this may look familiar!