SUMERGED: A Changing Global Climate
This special exhibition’s theme centered on flooding and Global Climate Change is directed by Karen Young for the Fairmount Water Works and curated by Thom Duffy. The exhibition’s purpose is […]
What’s Happening
2023 Delaware River Watershed Fellowship
Spend the summer working with the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center! Start date: June 5-14, 2023End date: August 18-25, 2023Compensation: Fellows are paid $15.50/hour, 35-40 hours a week over the […]
2-3 Year Recap
It’s been a busy few years here at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center. Here’s a recap of what’s been happening!
“Inland” Receives Glowing Book Review
“The large format allows a map of the 108-mile-long navigation to flow, in color, across the inside front covers to the inside back covers. It might be the best map […]
We’re commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act.
This monumental piece of legislation and the burst of federal support for water infrastructure that followed revived polluted waterways across the United States – especially here in Philadelphia. Follow along […]
Inland: The Abandoned Canals of the Schuylkill Navigation
Inland: The Abandoned Canals of the Schuylkill Navigation was composed by Sandy Sorlien and other contributors, published by George F. Thompson Books, designed by Deborah Larkin in Philadelphia, and printed […]
NOAA Future Watershed Stewards: Fairmount Water Works at the Carnival at Concillio!
Throughout July, students from the Summer Work Ready program at Concilio de Organizaciones Hispanas (Concilio) spent time with Fairmount Water Works (FWW) staff learning about urban watershed issues and what […]
NOAA Future Watershed Steward Program: A Partnership Between Fairmount Water Works and Concilio Philly!
This week, the NOAA Future Watershed Stewards visited the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center to learn about freshwater mussels. This program, in partnership with Concilio, is designed to engage high […]
Ed Grusheski Memorial Exhibition
Runs April 16 – June 30, 2022 at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center Open during the interpretive center’s normal operating hours. Ed Grusheski had a gentle yet persuasive positive […]