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Green City, Clean Waters Promo
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When it rains in the City of Brotherly Love, problems soon follow because more than half the city has "combined" sewers - pipes that carry both storm water and sewage. When...
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Green Schools: Albert Greenfield Elementary
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Keeping Water On Site
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At first glance, the area surrounding the Waterview Recreation Center in Philadelphia's Germantown section seems ordinary enough--but in reality, it's comprised of a number...
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Green City, Clean Water
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When it rains in the City of Brotherly Love, problems soon follow because more than half the city has "combined" sewers - pipes that carry both storm water and sewage. When...
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Protecting the River at East Falls
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When the East Falls Development Corporation began planning a parking area adjacent to the Schuylkill River, locals wanted it done an environmentally sensitive way. Rather t...
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Greener, Healthier Play
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Herron Playground is a shining example of what is possible when city agencies work together to achieve compatible goals. Concrete and asphalt have been replaced by plants a...
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Solving Runoff Block by Block
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In cities, we have severely altered the natural water cycle; during storms, this can cause street and basement flooding and result in rainwater carrying pollution into our ...
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Harvesting Rainwater
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The words "sustainable house" may conjure images of hippie throw backs living in grass shacks, geodesic domes, or some other dwelling that's wacky and weird, but the Rosses...
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Streamside Forest Buffers Preserving Water Quality
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Studies by internationally acclaimed Stroud Water Research Center have shown that healthy forests bordering streams not only prevent numerous pollutants from reaching the w...
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StormwaterPA Conservation Design at Cherry Creek
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There is far more to creating a quality residential development than grading a property and putting up homes. Conservation design looks at natural features, site constraint...
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