by emmade | Feb 2, 2023 | Blog
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...
by emmade | Jan 20, 2023 | Blog
Through this partnership, the Water Center and WaterNow seek to more effectively address the nation’s most pressing water issues. Philadelphia, PA. The Water Center at Penn and WaterNow Alliance announced today that the organizations have entered into a strategic...
by emmade | Nov 17, 2022 | Blog
Industrial Water Reuse Champion Award Call for Nominations The WateReuse Association, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Veolia, and University of Pennsylvania Water Center are pleased to invite nominations for the new Industrial Water Reuse Champions Award. The award will...
by emmade | Aug 11, 2022 | Blog
The Water Research Foundation (WRF) is the world’s leading One Water research and innovation organization representing approximately 1,200 subscribers, with an online research library of more than 2,300 projects valued at $700 million. To learn more about WRF you can...
by emmade | May 24, 2022 | Blog
By Cassandra Stuart MPH/MBA Drexel University May 24, 2022 In Summer 2021, Cassandra worked on a project with the EPA which assessed the role combined sewer overflow (CSO) events in the (in)availability of water for recreational use, the potential adverse health...
by emmade | May 4, 2022 | Blog
Photo Credit: Photo by Lance Anderson on Unsplash. By Miriam Hacker, Ph.D Senior Implementation Lead The Water Center at Penn May 4, 2022 Four years in the making, the Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Network (SW PA Water Network) is finding its way into a new phase, a...
by krpleas | May 3, 2022 | Blog
By Tony Sauder Senior Advisor The Water Center at Penn May 3, 2022 As I approached a trip to visit water scarce communities in Guatemala, I knew each community was desperate to add to their limited water supply. I was traveling as a member of the Global Water Alliance...
by emmade | Apr 21, 2022 | Inside The Water Center
By Ellen Kohler, JD, MS Director of Applied Research and Programs The Water Center at Penn The City of Philadelphia adopted the Green City, Clean Waters (GCCW) plan in 2011 under the Clean Water Act to reduce pollution resulting from combined sewer overflows. The...
by emmade | Apr 21, 2022 | Alumni Views
By Seema Thomas The views expressed are those of the author and do not represent or should not be attributed to any organization. I arrived at Penn to study engineering, but over time I unintentionally evolved into an urban explorer looking at every dimension of...
by emmade | Apr 20, 2022 | Professional Perspectives
By Jessie Buckner, Penn MSAG 2014 Ecologist III Resource Environmental Solutions Oftentimes ecologists struggle to balance the needs of ecological communities (plants, wildlife, water, soil, air) and human communities (humans and their constructed environments)...
