Philadelphia draws drinking water from two intakes on the Schuylkill River, but 98% of the river’s watershed lies outside city limits.
That’s why Kelly Anderson’s job at the Philadelphia Water Department takes her upstream. About 2,000 square miles of land drain into the Schuylkill above Philadelphia. Protecting the city’s drinking water means knowing where pollution could enter the river and working with the communities and utilities that can do something about it.
One way the department does that is through the Schuylkill Action Network, which brings water suppliers, local governments, and watershed groups together to tackle problems such as polluted runoff and drainage from abandoned mines.
For Kelly, source water protection starts with knowing the neighbors upstream.
Episode at waterloop.org
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