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Quench your thirst for knowledge... visit the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center!
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The Philadelphia Water Department began. Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Philadelphia had one of the first water systems in the USA!
I get a CHARGE out of our new water system!
1801 The Water Department
completed the City’s first water system, consisting of two pumping stations: one located on the Schuylkill River at Chestnut St.; the second (above) located in Centre Square, exactly where City Hall stands today. Untreated water was pumped from the Schuylkill to the dome at the top of the Centre Square station. The water then flowed by gravity to the homes and businesses of the City, today called “Old City.”
Works was built, located right on the Schuylkill River. This site was chosen because it was the highest point close to Philadelphia on the Schuylkill. It used the river’s flowing power to turn giant water wheels which powered the pumps.
Nobody will notice if I dump my trash into the RIVER!
YUCK!
1880s Although
Are the FISH biting?
They sure are!
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Fairmount Park had been created upstream of the Water Works to protect the City’s water supply, industry and cities farther upstream on the Schuylkill were dumping chemicals and waste into the river which flowed down into the Philadelphia water supply…people and fish were getting sick and dying!
1900s The pollution in
the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers got so bad that the Philadelphia Water Department built a system of water treatment plants. At that time, it was the largest water filtration system in the world! Beginning in 1909, the treatment plants cleaned all of the river water before we used it. What’s the difference between the land and the river?
The land is DIRTY and the river is TIDE-Y.
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We need your help to protect our watersheds in the 21st Century and beyond!
TODAY The FUTURE
ish and wildlife returned! f e h t d n a ater clean our wastew
Whatcha Doing?
1900–1950s
The FAIRMOUNT WATER WORKS INTERPRETIVE CENTER is open. It is an exciting, watershed education center complete with interactive exhibits, a classroom, theater, and more! Education is the key to keeping our drinking water clean in the future!
I’m cleaning my water before I pour it back into the river.
1984
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Secondary Treatment of wastewater began. This gets rid of 95% of the pollutants in the wastewater. As a result, fish, birds, and other wildlife have returned to both rivers. We’ve learned from our mistakes. We now know that we need to keep the water supply clean before and after we use it!
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Sadly, because we now had a system for cleaning the water before we used it, we turned our backs on the rivers and pollution got worse. No fish lived in the Schuylkill or Delaware Rivers from Trenton down to Wilmington! The Water Department cleaned the water so it was safe to drink, but it didn’t taste very good!
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began on all Philadelphia wastewater. That means that we cleaned the water that we used before we put it back into the rivers. This got rid of about half of the harmful pollutants in the wastewater.
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YUCK! This water tastes worse than LIMA BEANS!
Wise Water Use is Important! Yo Kids!
We use water everyday, in so many ways! When we pollute the land we pollute our water. Rain washes the trash and pollutants on the ground into our local streams or into storm drains, which lead to our drinking water supply! Dive into this game and learn about the many uses of water, both good and bad, and discover why water is so important!
Go swimming at a community pool. MOVE AHEAD 1 SPACE
Let the faucet drip for days. GO BACK 1 SPACE
Go to a car wash that recycles water. MOVE AHEAD 1 SPACE
Wash your hands! MOVE AHEAD 3 SPACES
DIRECTIONS: 1. Find an eraser, paper clip, stick of gum or other game piece and place on “START HERE.” 2. Flip a coin when it’s your turn: HEADS, move 1 space ahead TAILS, move 2 spaces ahead 3. The first one to “FINISH” wins. move 1 move 2 HAVE FUN!
START HERE Drink a glass of tap water! GO AGAIN
Water your lawn excessively. GO BACK 1 SPACE Take a really long shower. LOSE A TURN Turn off the faucett while you brush your teeth. MOVE AHEAD 1 SPACE
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Your body needs 8 glasses of water everyday!
Water the house plants. MOVE AHEAD 1 SPACE
Pour paint thinner down the drain. GO BACK 3 SPACES
A rainy day waters our environment. GO AGAIN!
What do you call a fish with a couple of knees? A two-knee fish!
Throw litter into the street. GO BACK TO START!
Pick up after your dog. MOVE AHEAD 3 SPACES
Fertilize your lawn right before it rains. GO BACK 2 SPACES
SHORTCUT IF YOU LAND ON THIS SPACE! Take public transportation to the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center and learn all about water!
Clean up trash on the sidewalk. GO AGAIN
Pour oil into a storm drain. GO BACK 3 SPACES Plant a Tree. GO AGAIN! Drink a glass of tap water! GO AGAIN
Can You List Other Ways We Use Water?
Help with the laundry. MOVE AHEAD 1 SPACE
Open up a fire hydrant in the summer. GO BACK TO START!
FINISH
Use toxic substances, such as drain cleaner or moth balls. GO BACK 2 SPACES
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The Natural Water Cycle PRECIPITATION
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Water vapor in clouds cools and forms water particles, which fall to the ground as snow or rain.
SURFACE RUNOFF
Rainfall that can’t sink into the ground by infiltration flows over the ground into streams.
INFILTRATION
Some rainfall sinks into the ground and eventually “percolates” down to the groundwater.
TRANSPIRATION
Plants and trees absorb water from the soil through their roots and “breathe” it back into the air as water vapor.
EVAPORATION
Water on the surface of the ground or in lakes and rivers is warmed by the sun, which creates water vapor, which rises into the air and forms clouds.
GROUNDWATER
Water is stored in the gaps of porous rock, gravel, or sand and slowly flows into streams.
CLEAN WATER is a limited RESOURCE!
The SAME water that the dinosaurs drank...is the SAME water that we drink today. Water is constantly recycled and reused over and over again! WOW!
Prehistoric Times
Modern Times
Doesn’t that make your head SWIM ? page 5
Philadelphia’s Water Use Cycle Follow me through an A-MAZE-ING journey and trace the route of your drinking water...
WATER STORAGE TANK
2 Stored in a reservoir or water tower, drinking water is forced by gravity into a water main (large pipe) that leads to your home.
WATER TREATMENT PLANT
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Wastewater is treated and the clean water is returned to the river. Some of the waste removed from the water is composted and used as fertilizer.
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We pollute water we use in our homes. The dirty water goes directly into the sewer.
SEWER
The Delaware Estuary
DELAWARE ESTUARY?
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Protecting our water supply isn’t just an adult thing. It’s up to each and every one of us! Storm drains in the street (also called sewer inlets) are for water only. Philadelphia’s rain and melting snow pick up all kinds of pollutants as they wash over our sidewalks, streets, parking lots, and yards. All of this dirty water flows into storm drains, many of which empty into local creeks and the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers. You can help make our waterways safer for drinking, fishing, and boating by keeping pollution out of Philadelphia’s storm drains.
Keep litter off th e ground. This includes candy wrappers, fast food containers , and other was Put trash in tras te. h cans and clea n-up street litte it doesn’t get w r so ashed or blown into the storm drains. A Trash Truck!
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Help your parents co mpost leaves and gr ass clippings. Next year you will have rich co mp ost that can be used to en hance your garden so il. If you don’t compost, ca refully bag your lea ves and grass clippings. Leav es and grass clipping s placed in the street unbagg ed will clog storm dr ains. Did you hear the jo about the compo ke st pile?
Yeah, but it stinks!
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WHAT: These teams of volunteers will glue down medallions on the street in front of storm drains across the region with a “No Dumping, Drains to the River” message. All supplies will be provided at no cost. WHY: To educate people about stormwater runoff pollution prevention in order to help improve water quality in the Delaware Estuary.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 1-800-445-4935
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Check Out these Exciting Websites from Our Watershed Partners: Academy of Natural Sciences www.urbanrivers.org
Delaware Valley Earth Force www.earthforce.org/delval
Awbury Arboretum www.awbury.org
Fairmount Park www.phila.gov/fairpark
Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center www.cobbscreekcenter.org
Fairmount Park NLREEP www.nlreep.org
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RiverBASE www.Riverbase.org
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United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water www.epa.gov/ow
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Delaware River Basin Commission www.state.nj.us/drbc/edweb/edweb.htm
Thank You Delaware Bay www.tydb.org
Philadelphia Parks Alliance www.philaparks.org
Friends of the Wissahickon www.fow.org
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education www.schuylkillcenter.org
Stroud Water Research Center www.stroudcenter.org
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy www.perkiomenwatershed.org
Friends of Poquessing Watershed www.friendsofpoquessing.org
Schuylkill Action Network www.SchuylkillWaters.org
Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area www.schuylkillriver.org
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission www.state.pa.us/fish
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WATER STORAGE TANK
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Wastewater is treated and the clean water is returned to the river. Some of the waste removed from the water is composted and used as fertilizer.
We pollute water we use in our homes. The dirty water goes directly into the sewer.
SEWER
The Fairmount Water Works, where waterwheels, turbines and pumps once supplied the city with water, now has a new life as an exciting, watershed education center, complete with interactive exhibits, a classroom, theater and more!
HOURS & ADMISSION: Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00am to 5:00pm Sunday: 1:00pm to 5:00pm Closed on City holidays Admission is free. For general information on the Interpretive Center, call 215-685-0723, or visit our website at www.fairmountwaterworks.org
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The Philadelphia Water Department began. Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Philadelphia had one of the first water systems in the USA!
I get a CHARGE out of our new water system!
1801 The Water Department
completed the City’s first water system, consisting of two pumping stations: one located on the Schuylkill River at Chestnut St.; the second (above) located in Centre Square, exactly where City Hall stands today. Untreated water was pumped from the Schuylkill to the dome at the top of the Centre Square station. The water then flowed by gravity to the homes and businesses of the City, today called “Old City.”
Works was built, located right on the Schuylkill River. This site was chosen because it was the highest point close to Philadelphia on the Schuylkill. It used the river’s flowing power to turn giant water wheels which powered the pumps.
Nobody will notice if I dump my trash into the RIVER!
YUCK!
1880s Although
Are the FISH biting?
They sure are!
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Fairmount Park had been created upstream of the Water Works to protect the City’s water supply, industry and cities farther upstream on the Schuylkill were dumping chemicals and waste into the river which flowed down into the Philadelphia water supply…people and fish were getting sick and dying!
1900s The pollution in
the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers got so bad that the Philadelphia Water Department built a system of water treatment plants. At that time, it was the largest water filtration system in the world! Beginning in 1909, the treatment plants cleaned all of the river water before we used it. What’s the difference between the land and the river?
The land is DIRTY and the river is TIDE-Y.
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We need your help to protect our watersheds in the 21st Century and beyond!
TODAY The FUTURE
ish and wildlife returned! f e h t d n a ater clean our wastew
Whatcha Doing?
1900–1950s
The FAIRMOUNT WATER WORKS INTERPRETIVE CENTER is open. It is an exciting, watershed education center complete with interactive exhibits, a classroom, theater, and more! Education is the key to keeping our drinking water clean in the future!
I’m cleaning my water before I pour it back into the river.
1984
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Sadly, because we now had a system for cleaning the water before we used it, we turned our backs on the rivers and pollution got worse. No fish lived in the Schuylkill or Delaware Rivers from Trenton down to Wilmington! The Water Department cleaned the water so it was safe to drink, but it didn’t taste very good!
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YUCK! This water tastes worse than LIMA BEANS!
Wise Water Use is Important! Yo Kids!
We use water everyday, in so many ways! When we pollute the land we pollute our water. Rain washes the trash and pollutants on the ground into our local streams or into storm drains, which lead to our drinking water supply! Dive into this game and learn about the many uses of water, both good and bad, and discover why water is so important!
Go swimming at a community pool. MOVE AHEAD 1 SPACE
Let the faucet drip for days. GO BACK 1 SPACE
Go to a car wash that recycles water. MOVE AHEAD 1 SPACE
Wash your hands! MOVE AHEAD 3 SPACES
DIRECTIONS: 1. Find an eraser, paper clip, stick of gum or other game piece and place on “START HERE.” 2. Flip a coin when it’s your turn: HEADS, move 1 space ahead TAILS, move 2 spaces ahead 3. The first one to “FINISH” wins. move 1 move 2 HAVE FUN!
START HERE Drink a glass of tap water! GO AGAIN
Water your lawn excessively. GO BACK 1 SPACE Take a really long shower. LOSE A TURN Turn off the faucett while you brush your teeth. MOVE AHEAD 1 SPACE
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Your body needs 8 glasses of water everyday!
Water the house plants. MOVE AHEAD 1 SPACE
Pour paint thinner down the drain. GO BACK 3 SPACES
A rainy day waters our environment. GO AGAIN!
What do you call a fish with a couple of knees? A two-knee fish!
Throw litter into the street. GO BACK TO START!
Pick up after your dog. MOVE AHEAD 3 SPACES
Fertilize your lawn right before it rains. GO BACK 2 SPACES
SHORTCUT IF YOU LAND ON THIS SPACE! Take public transportation to the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center and learn all about water!
Clean up trash on the sidewalk. GO AGAIN
Pour oil into a storm drain. GO BACK 3 SPACES Plant a Tree. GO AGAIN! Drink a glass of tap water! GO AGAIN
Can You List Other Ways We Use Water?
Help with the laundry. MOVE AHEAD 1 SPACE
Open up a fire hydrant in the summer. GO BACK TO START!
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Use toxic substances, such as drain cleaner or moth balls. GO BACK 2 SPACES
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The Natural Water Cycle PRECIPITATION
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Water vapor in clouds cools and forms water particles, which fall to the ground as snow or rain.
SURFACE RUNOFF
Rainfall that can’t sink into the ground by infiltration flows over the ground into streams.
INFILTRATION
Some rainfall sinks into the ground and eventually “percolates” down to the groundwater.
TRANSPIRATION
Plants and trees absorb water from the soil through their roots and “breathe” it back into the air as water vapor.
EVAPORATION
Water on the surface of the ground or in lakes and rivers is warmed by the sun, which creates water vapor, which rises into the air and forms clouds.
GROUNDWATER
Water is stored in the gaps of porous rock, gravel, or sand and slowly flows into streams.
CLEAN WATER is a limited RESOURCE!
The SAME water that the dinosaurs drank...is the SAME water that we drink today. Water is constantly recycled and reused over and over again! WOW!
Prehistoric Times
Modern Times
Doesn’t that make your head SWIM ? page 5
Philadelphia’s Water Use Cycle Follow me through an A-MAZE-ING journey and trace the route of your drinking water...
WATER STORAGE TANK
2 Stored in a reservoir or water tower, drinking water is forced by gravity into a water main (large pipe) that leads to your home.
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Wastewater is treated and the clean water is returned to the river. Some of the waste removed from the water is composted and used as fertilizer.
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We pollute water we use in our homes. The dirty water goes directly into the sewer.
SEWER
The Delaware Estuary
DELAWARE ESTUARY?
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parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, stretching approximately 133 miles from the falls of the Delaware River near Trenton, NJ to the mouth of the Delaware Bay between Cape May, NJ and Cape Henlopen, DE.
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Protecting our water supply isn’t just an adult thing. It’s up to each and every one of us! Storm drains in the street (also called sewer inlets) are for water only. Philadelphia’s rain and melting snow pick up all kinds of pollutants as they wash over our sidewalks, streets, parking lots, and yards. All of this dirty water flows into storm drains, many of which empty into local creeks and the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers. You can help make our waterways safer for drinking, fishing, and boating by keeping pollution out of Philadelphia’s storm drains.
Keep litter off th e ground. This includes candy wrappers, fast food containers , and other was Put trash in tras te. h cans and clea n-up street litte it doesn’t get w r so ashed or blown into the storm drains. A Trash Truck!
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Yeah, but it stinks!
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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 1-800-445-4935
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Check Out these Exciting Websites from Our Watershed Partners: Academy of Natural Sciences www.urbanrivers.org
Delaware Valley Earth Force www.earthforce.org/delval
Awbury Arboretum www.awbury.org
Fairmount Park www.phila.gov/fairpark
Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center www.cobbscreekcenter.org
Fairmount Park NLREEP www.nlreep.org
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United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water www.epa.gov/ow
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Delaware River Basin Commission www.state.nj.us/drbc/edweb/edweb.htm
Thank You Delaware Bay www.tydb.org
Philadelphia Parks Alliance www.philaparks.org
Friends of the Wissahickon www.fow.org
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education www.schuylkillcenter.org
Stroud Water Research Center www.stroudcenter.org
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy www.perkiomenwatershed.org
Friends of Poquessing Watershed www.friendsofpoquessing.org
Schuylkill Action Network www.SchuylkillWaters.org
Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area www.schuylkillriver.org
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission www.state.pa.us/fish
Friends of Pennypack Park www.balford.com/fopp
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Delaware Riverkeeper Network www.delawareriverkeeper.org
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection www.dep.state.pa.us
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Darby Creek Valley Association www.dcva.org
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society/ Philadelphia Green www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org
WATER STORAGE TANK
2 Stored in a reservoir or water tower, drinking water is forced by gravity into a water main (large pipe) that leads to your home.
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WATER MAIN RIVER All of Philadelphia’s drinking water comes from either the Delaware or Schuylkill River!
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Water is pumped to a drinking water treatment plant, where it is cleaned for drinking.
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Wastewater is treated and the clean water is returned to the river. Some of the waste removed from the water is composted and used as fertilizer.
We pollute water we use in our homes. The dirty water goes directly into the sewer.
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The Fairmount Water Works, where waterwheels, turbines and pumps once supplied the city with water, now has a new life as an exciting, watershed education center, complete with interactive exhibits, a classroom, theater and more!
HOURS & ADMISSION: Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00am to 5:00pm Sunday: 1:00pm to 5:00pm Closed on City holidays Admission is free. For general information on the Interpretive Center, call 215-685-0723, or visit our website at www.fairmountwaterworks.org
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Philadelphia Water Department Public Education Unit 1101 Market Street, 3rd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-685-6300 www.phila.gov/water www.fairmountwaterworks.org www.phillywater.org www.phillyrivercast.org www.phillyh2o.org
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary One Riverwalk Plaza 110 S. Poplar Street, Suite 202 Wilmington, DE 19801 800-445-4935 www.DelawareEstuary.org The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary leads collaborative and creative efforts to protect and enhance the Delaware Estuary and its tributaries for current and future generations. Printed on Recycled Paper © 2009 Designed and illustrated by Frank McShane.
