POOL weaves together history, site-specific artwork, storytelling, scholarship and place-based learning to illuminate a history of segregated swimming in America, and its connection to present-day drowning issues affecting Black communities.
Where does our tap water come from? Where does our water water go? Join the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center for a behind-the-scenes bus tour of the Philadelphia Water Department's […]
The Fairmount Water Works is excited to be a part the Delaware River Festival! Enjoy a ride on the RiverLink Ferry between Philadelphia and Camden... Visit the Independence Seaport Museum... […]
Our River Days Program aims to honor and recognize the Lenni Lenape as the original shepherds of this region and provide community members with an opportunity to explore our watershed […]
Please join Sandy Sorlien and other contributors to celebrate the launch of Inland, a new book of photographs, maps, and essays about the historic Schuylkill Navigation system and its mostly-hidden ruins. Inland was published in […]
Thanks largely to investments and regulations stemming from the Clean Water Act of 1972, the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers are now cleaner than they have been at any time in […]
Help keep household hazardous waste out of our rivers and streams by scheduling a drop-off appointment at one of the City’s upcoming collection events on October 22 and November […]
This virtual tour will take virtual visitors behind the scenes at the City’s Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant to follow polluted wastewater step by step through the treatment plant until […]
Don't forget to register for the 2023 Green Schools Conference in New Orleans February 27- March 1! This is the only national event to convene professionals involved in making […]
