The Water Center
Supports the resiliency, sustainability and equity of urban water systems through guidance, assistance and by directing applied collaborative research Learn MoreContact UsThe Water Center provides integrated real-world solutions to critical urban water problems
We engage and connect the University community with regional water practitioners, decision makers, and national and global thought leaders for the purpose of developing integrated and innovative urban water strategies that address public health, infrastructure, and the socioeconomic and environmental challenges of long-term urban water sustainability and resiliency.
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The Water Center at Penn Statement on Chemical Spill in Bucks County
March 27, 2023 | Philadelphia, PA
The Water Center at Penn is disheartened to hear of the thousands of gallons of chemicals that were spilled into a Delaware River tributary late Friday evening, March 24th. The chemicals were released by Trinseo Altuglas, citing equipment failure as the cause of the spill, with potential impacts to residents and businesses in parts of Philadelphia
Read our full statement here.
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Recognizing Role of Groundwater in Climate Resilience
By Tony Sauder
Climate change science  predicts sea level rise and increased frequency of extreme events like droughts and storms. The importance of groundwater management in arid or drought prone regions is undeniable. So how does understanding groundwater movement,recharge, and storage effect the mitigation of extreme events? And what is the impact of groundwater policies on sea level rise?
Infrastructure Funding Must Reach the Most Vulnerable: Introducing Our New Small and Disadvantaged Community Water Roadmap
On March 22, the world celebrated World Water Day. This day was an appropriate backdrop for the first United Nations Water Conference in more than four decades, and it was a fitting lead up to the release of our first ever Small and Disadvantaged Community Water Roadmap, in partnership with Veolia and the Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
Water Center at Penn and WaterNow: We Think This Is The Beginning Of A Beautiful Friendship…
By Cynthia Koehler, Executive Director, WaterNow Alliance & Howard Neukrug, Executive Director, Water Center at Penn We had been bumping into one another for years at conferences and meetings before one of our funders pulled together a group that they saw as...
The Water Center at Penn and WaterNow Alliance establish strategic partnership
Through this partnership, the Water Center and WaterNow seek to more effectively address the nation’s most pressing water issues.Â