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Water Center Releases Beyond Drinking Water: Strategies for Communicating and Managing PFAS Contamination
October 23, 2024
The Water Center is pleased to announce the release of a new report, Beyond Drinking Water: Strategies for…
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2024 - 2025 Cohort of the Regional Network Collaborative for Water Leadership
August 22, 2024
In August 2024, thanks to grant funding from Spring Point Partners - a Philadelphia based social impact organization…
Read MoreWater Center Announces First Annual Student Water Innovation Award
August 8, 2024
The Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania is currently accepting applications for our first annual …
Read MorePromoting sustainability through open journals publishing at the Penn Libraries
July 3, 2024
The International Journal for Water, Equity and Justice (IJWEJ), an open access, digital publication of The…
Read MoreDelaware River Basin Commission to develop its first Climate Resilience Plan
June 18, 2024
At its June 5 Business Meeting, the Delaware River Basin Commission unanimously adopted a resolution directing staff to…
Read MoreFour experts weigh in about possible White House impacts on the Delaware River watershed
April 16, 2025
Water Center Executive Director Howard Neukrug provides insights in light of the current moves by the Trump…
Read More$7.5 million ‘magical garden’ would float between the Delaware River and the Schuylkill
February 17, 2025
The 5,400-square-foot structure would dock half the year adjacent to Independence Seaport Museum and half near…
Read MoreWater Center Welcomes Steve Tambini as Senior Advisor
January 17, 2025
The Water Center is excited to announce that Steve Tambini has joined the Water Center at Penn as a Senior Advisor.…
Read MoreAmazon Web Services & Microsoft Win 2024 Global Industrial Water Reuse Champions Award
December 18, 2024
On Wednesday, December 11th, at the 2024 International Desalination and Reuse Association (IDRA) World Congress in…
Read MoreWater Center Releases Policy Brief: The Nexus of Climate Change, Nature-based Solutions, and CSO Remediation in the Northeast MegaRegion
December 5, 2024
The Water Center is pleased to announce the release of a new policy brief, The Nexus of Climate Change, Nature-…
Read MoreWater Center Releases Beyond Drinking Water: Strategies for Communicating and Managing PFAS Contamination
October 23, 2024
The Water Center is pleased to announce the release of a new report, Beyond Drinking Water: Strategies for…
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2024 - 2025 Cohort of the Regional Network Collaborative for Water Leadership
August 22, 2024
In August 2024, thanks to grant funding from Spring Point Partners - a Philadelphia based social impact organization…
Read MoreWater Center Announces First Annual Student Water Innovation Award
August 8, 2024
The Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania is currently accepting applications for our first annual …
Read MorePromoting sustainability through open journals publishing at the Penn Libraries
July 3, 2024
The International Journal for Water, Equity and Justice (IJWEJ), an open access, digital publication of The…
Read MoreDelaware River Basin Commission to develop its first Climate Resilience Plan
June 18, 2024
At its June 5 Business Meeting, the Delaware River Basin Commission unanimously adopted a resolution directing staff to…
Read MoreFour experts weigh in about possible White House impacts on the Delaware River watershed
April 16, 2025
Water Center Executive Director Howard Neukrug provides insights in light of the current moves by the Trump…
Read More$7.5 million ‘magical garden’ would float between the Delaware River and the Schuylkill
February 17, 2025
The 5,400-square-foot structure would dock half the year adjacent to Independence Seaport Museum and half near…
Read MoreWater Center Welcomes Steve Tambini as Senior Advisor
January 17, 2025
The Water Center is excited to announce that Steve Tambini has joined the Water Center at Penn as a Senior Advisor.…
Read MoreAmazon Web Services & Microsoft Win 2024 Global Industrial Water Reuse Champions Award
December 18, 2024
On Wednesday, December 11th, at the 2024 International Desalination and Reuse Association (IDRA) World Congress in…
Read MoreWater Center Releases Policy Brief: The Nexus of Climate Change, Nature-based Solutions, and CSO Remediation in the Northeast MegaRegion
December 5, 2024
The Water Center is pleased to announce the release of a new policy brief, The Nexus of Climate Change, Nature-…
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Access to safe, affordable water is a basic necessity, but for too many households, the process of getting help when water bills are unaffordable is burdensome or inaccessible. Cities across the U.S. are starting to…
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