“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 […]
What’s Happening
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 […]
2022 Delaware River Watershed Fellowship
Spend the summer working with the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center! Lead environmental education and summer camp programs, bot onsite and offsite. Assist in planning summer programming and weekend family […]
The Fund for the Water Works Awarded $3M State Grant for ‘Floating Water Workshop’
Historic Fairmount Water Works Awarded $3 Million Grant Through RACP for Innovative Floating Water Workshop Along the Schuylkill Banks Philadelphia, PA—Pennsylvania Senator Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia. First Dist.) announced The Fund […]
Fairmount Water Works Pledges Restoration and Resiliency in Wake of Historic Flooding
POOL: A Social History of SegregationExhibition to Open on World Water Day, March 22, 2022 PHILADELPHIA, PA–The Board of Directors for the Fund for the Water Works, the Philadelphia Water […]
Resilience & Humility: Words from the Executive Director
To supporters and friends, both old and new of the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center, we greatly appreciate your kind outreach, and encouraging words in the wake of Hurricane Ida, which […]