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- Water Department will seek rate increases - Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) - 03 Feb 12
- Pa. Department of Environmental Protection invests in 73 watershed protection ... - Newsworks.org (blog) - 03 Feb 12
- New NRDC report highlights pathways for innovative private financing of green ... - Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) - 02 Feb 12
- New report: U.S. cities can save billions, clean waterways, & green ... - Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) - 01 Feb 12
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TTF Watershed Partnership, Inc.
One Awbury Road
Awbury Arboretum
Philadelphia, PA 19138
215.844.8100
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Still looking for gifts for the holidays?
Still looking for gifts for your loved ones? How about giving the gift of clean water? The books and movies highlighted below discuss threats to clean water and how YOU can help create solutions. When you buy any of these … Continue reading
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TTF’s Awesome Interns Package Seeds
TTF’s fabulous interns, Damian VanHart and Lauren Suchenski, are hard at work! These Arcadia University students are part of an ongoing partnership between Arcadia and TTF. Damian VanHart started today and enjoys working in an office that has ample views … Continue reading
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Welcome, New Tree Tenders!
Congratulations to all of the recent graduates of Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Tree Tenders program, including TTF’s Executive Director, Community Liaison, and Earth Force colleague! After nine hours of hands-on tree care training, these graduates are now ready to put their … Continue reading
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Tapped–Why No One Should Bother With Bottled Water
After watching Tapped, I’m really glad I’ve stopped buying bottled water. The very beginning introduced me to the term “water mining.” Mining typically has negative connotations—and mining water is no different. Surface water belongs to the state it’s in, but … Continue reading
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Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan News
Check out this awesome news via PennFuture! Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection released a draft Watershed Implementation Plan (the “WIP”) outlining Pennsylvania’s plan to reduce pollution in our local waterways and meet the expectations of the Chesapeake … Continue reading
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Coalition for Philadelphia’s Riverfronts, Inaugural Address
Along the beautiful banks of the Schuylkill River, on the evening of October 6th, the Coalition for Philadelphia’s Riverfronts (CPR) made their inaugural address to bikers, joggers, professionals and interested citizens about their goal of creating a greenway that follows … Continue reading
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Renewable Energy Resources
Conventional electricity production has the potential to be harmful to water quality through a variety of processes. Thermal pollution (when heated water is released into aquatic systems) and chemical pollution (chemically altered water from cleaning solutions, coal leaching, etc.) are … Continue reading
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