Academy of Natural Sciences
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
The repulsive conditions of water in the Schuylkill and the Delaware were the stuff of legend by the mid-20th century. Only with the growing environmental awareness of the 1970s and the passage of the Clean Water Act did the conditions of Philadelphia’s streams and rivers begin to be treated as elemental to the city’s overall health.
Academy of Natural Sciences
OCTOBER 5, 2022
Today, thanks to the Clean Water Act and many efforts from local organizations, this river is a thriving waterway perfect for local recreation — fishing, birdwatching, rowing, kayaking and canoeing — hidden in plain sight.
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Academy of Natural Sciences
JUNE 2, 2022
As climate change creates unpredictable disruptions and accessibility issues across the nation, we need to make sure our leaders keep our rivers, streams and lakes clean for everyone. But there are many more proposals that need your help and your vote.
Academy of Natural Sciences
AUGUST 29, 2022
Schulman observed such a scenario at the Philadelphia Water Department in the late ’90s. At the time, the utility was under pressure by the state environmental agency to develop a plan to manage its sewage overflows in compliance with the federal Clean Water Act.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Rowland Wall , Executive Director of the Patrick Center for Environmental Research , Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, said-- “For over 70 years, the Patrick Center has studied and worked to manage the impacts of human activities on aquatic systems, with special attention to nonpoint source pollution from stormwater.”
Academy of Natural Sciences
OCTOBER 21, 2022
Before the Clean Water Act of 1972, watersheds across the nation, including our own here in Philadelphia, were literal dumping grounds for industry, treatment plants and domestic households for generations. were unsanitary places before the Clean Water Act. Waterways across the U.S. Mike Servedio/ANS.
ESA
JUNE 14, 2021
Stansbury’s undergraduate degree is in human ecology and natural science and her master’s degree is in developmental sociology. She has worked as an environmental policy expert in the White House and Congress, as well as an ecology instructor at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
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