Events for June 17, 2023 - April 29, 2023

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We Drink the River

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 drinking water system. Learn how it's connected to our rivers, including past and present-day infrastructure that brings us clean and safe drinking water every day. […]

The Delaware River Festival

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... […]

Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Event

  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 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.! Learn more here.

Clean Water Act @ 50: Virtually Tour the Plants that Saved Our Rivers

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 the cleaned wastewater is cleaner than the Delaware River itself and can be discharged safely to it. Philadelphia’s sewers and the City’s three water pollution […]