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 […]
Events for August 24, 2024 - July 27, 2024
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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... 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 […]
Honoring Our Past: Lenni Lenape Origins in Our Urban Watershed
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 […]
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 […]
Clean Water Act @50: History Talk With Philadelphia Water Historian Adam Levine
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 the past century. Philadelphia Water Department Historian Adam Levine will look at how a rising tide of pollution in the 19th and early 20th centuries affected […]
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 […]
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 […]
2023 Green Schools Conference
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 […]