Events for August 24 - July 27

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Aqua Marooned!

Are you up for the challenge? On Saturday, September 17 from 2pm - 4pm, join our team at the Fairmount Water Works Boardwalk for Aqua Marooned!, a card game that explores the environment using quit wit, physical activity, and creative invention. No registration needed.

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... Spend time on the water at Paddle Penn's Landing... Get your face painted... Learn from environmental exhibitors... Win prizes from the One River, Many Stories […]

Book Party & Exhibition Opening – “Inland: The Abandoned Canals of the Schuylkill Navigation”

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 hardcover by George F. Thompson Books, designed by Deborah Larkin in Philadelphia, and printed by Brilliant Graphics in Pennsylvania. Main Point Books will be on […]

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.