ADVISORY/Philadelphia Water Department Sets Schedule of Events for National Drinking Water Week.City Desks/Environment Writers/Education Writers ADVISORY...for Monday Monday: see week. (May 3-8) PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2004 The Philadelphia Philadelphia, ancient cities Philadelphia, name of several ancient cities. One was in Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). At the foot of Mt. Tmolus and near the location of modern Alaşehir, it was founded in the 2d cent. B.C. Water has announced its schedule of events to be held in conjunction with National Drinking Water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. Week, May 2-8. All events will take place at the Fairmount Water Works The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the first municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822 it operated until 1909, winning praise for its design and becoming a popular tourist attraction. Interpretive in·ter·pre·tive also in·ter·pre·ta·tive adj. Relating to or marked by interpretation; explanatory. in·ter  pre·tive·ly adv. Center,
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May 3-8: Exhibition of the winning drawings from the
"Clean Water Begins and Ends with You" contest
held for Philadelphia K-12 students.
The Water Department's new 2003 Water Quality
Report will also be available at the
Interpretive Center beginning this week. The
sixteen-page illustrated publication covers
everything about Philadelphia's water, from
its sources, to how water is treated, tested
and monitored, and includes special
instructions for those with special health
needs.
Monday, May 3,
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.: Officials from federal, state and local
government will sign the constitution of the
Schuylkill Action Network, pledging their
resources to protect and enhance the health
of the river.
11:00 to 11:40 a.m.: Presentation of the Educational Sector
Source-Water Protection Award to seven
regional schools and universities
Tuesday, May 4,
12:00 to 4:00 p.m.: Tours of the Fairmount Water Works, undertaken
in conjunction with the Fairmount Park Council
for Historic Sites
Wednesday, May 5,
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.: Scientists from PWD's Bureau of Laboratory
Services will be on hand to assist 40 students
from Northeast High School who will be doing
research for a water project.
Thursday, May 6,
10:00 a.m. to noon: Philadelphia Water Department experts explain
and perform desk-top demonstrations of the
water treatment process. Treatment plant
managers will also field questions posed by
more than 30 seventh-graders from the Martha
Washington Middle School.
3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.: A panel of women engineers from PWD's
treatment division will conduct a panel
discussion on their personal experiences
working for a water utility for a group of
professional women in the environmental field.
Friday, May 7,
11:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Sixth and seventh-graders from the Souderton
Charter School will visit the Interpretive
Center to learn about its architecture.
The Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center is an environmental education center sponsored by the Philadelphia Water Department. The Center is open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sundays, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free and is ADA Ada, city, United States Ada (ā`ə), city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. accessible. For more information, call 215-685-0723, or visit our website at www.fairmountwaterworks.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. |
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