Posts tagged stream health
Missed the Screening? Don’t despair, the Green City, Clean Waters series is online
Oct 12th
We had a great turnout to our Premier Screening event at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center on October 6 — and you’ll be seeing alot of us and the inspiring Green City, Clean Waters videos over the next several months. If you just can’t wait for the next chance to view the videos in all their splendor on the Big Screen at a community event, we’re rewarding your impatience by making them available on on Green City, Clean Waters Channel at Vimeo.com.
We’ll introduce a new one here each week. Check out the first video in the series now, and share it around:
Green City, Clean Waters from GreenTreks Network on Vimeo.
The videos are also available on YouTube, so if you’re more of a “Toober”, watch ‘em there, embed ‘em, email ‘em to friends:
Like what you see? Great news: The entire series, plus a handful of other videos showing innovative ways other communities are preventing runoff from polluting our waterways, will available on DVD soon!
Keep your eyes peeled for more details…
Join us for our “green carpet” video Premier
Oct 4th
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and its many local partners are national leaders in understanding water resource challenges and pioneering solutions that improve our natural ecosystems and communities.
As part of our ongoing effort to highlight new ways of looking at rainwater runoff through our StormwaterPA program, GreenTreks has been working with PWD to document some of the exciting transformations that are taking place throughout the city – one home, one street, one neighborhood at a time.
Join us for a toast on the green carpet this Wednesday, October 6, to preview videos from our latest series. Green City, Clean Waters brings PWD’s work to life, and shows how their “green” methods of preserving and restoring our waterways protect public health and improve our quality of life in surprising ways.
GreenTreks and the Philadelphia Water Department present “Green City, Clean Waters”
Wednesday, October 6, 5:30 pm
Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center
640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia
RSVP to: emilie.hickerson@phila.gov
215.685.0723
We’ll be screening the following videos (total running time is approximately 50 minutes)
• Green City Clean Waters
• Creating Community: Columbus Square Park
• Greener, Healthier Play: Herron Playground
• The Watershed Connection: East Falls
• Keeping Water on Site: Waterview Recreation Center
• Green Schools: Albert Greenfield Elementary School
• Solving Runoff Block by Block
For information about the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center, go here>>
For more information about PWD’s Green City, Clean Waters initiative, go here>>
If you can’t make the screening, get more information about StormwaterPA here>>
Lend a Hand at the Plymouth Creek Restoration Project — and Help the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers along the way
Aug 24th
The Plymouth Creek restoration project is an excellent example of cooperation in action and demonstrates how applying stormwater best management practices (BMPs) can have a positive downstream effect. In case you haven’t seen it, check out our video on the project’s first phase, which took place in Fall 2007.
Plymouth Creek Restoration Project from GreenTreks Network on Vimeo.
If you want to see how the restoration effort is holding up, what better way than visiting the site and getting involved. Here’s your chance:
Plymouth Creek Restoration Project Workday
Friday, September 10th & Saturday, September 11th, 2010
9:00 am – 2:00 pmYou are invited to join the Montgomery County Conservation District and partners in an effort to stabilize the stormwater BMPs, perform invasive species control, and provide general maintenance at the Plymouth Creek restoration project.
The site is located below the Cracker Barrel at 2095 Gallagher Road in the Metroplex Shopping Center in Plymouth Meeting.
Please dress appropriately and bring gloves. Some heavy lifting involved.
Please RSVP here>> by September 8th if you are planning to attend.
What a Difference A Day Makes
Jun 25th
After talking about Storms and their impact on water quality earlier this week, we were hit by a short but severe storm late yesterday — and the river runs muddy as a result…
To learn more about the big picture and how we can all take steps to prevent polluted runoff from affecting our waterways, check out our ever expanding Online Resource Center, StormwaterPA.
Stormwater hits home in more ways than we think…
Impact of Storms on Water Quality on Triathletes Minds
Jun 21st
As 4,500 athletes prepare to converge on Philadelphia for this weekend’s Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon, all eyes will be on the skies, in hopes that no serious storms hit the area within the 24-48 hour period leading up to the race. First up in the event’s swim-bike-run format is a swim in the Schuylkill River–which, contrary to popular belief, is surprisingly clean.
As of mid-day Monday that is, when Philly RiverCast indicated the Schuylkill’s water quality was Green, or suitable for all activities. Here’s what it’s showing right now:
The problem is, the water quality in our rivers and streams can drastically change when we’re hit by a storm.
Why? When it rains, the dirt, animal waste, and other contaminants that build up on the surface of the ground or pavement are washed off into the streams and rivers. Though there is more water in the streams and rivers during storms, there are more contaminants as well. That’s not only a problem for triathletes, rowers, and anglers, but for the entire ecosystem that’s linked to a watershed’s health.
It’s no wonder we’re so wrapped up in promoting better stormwater management by pushing for Buffer Legislation, working with the Philadelphia Water Department to highlight the City’s Green Infrastructure movement, and continuing to grow our flagship program, StormwaterPA.
Check out these efforts and learn more about the things you can do to prevent water pollution.
