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Do you know that Philadelphia's water department was the first (1801) in America to supply an entire city with drinking water?
Do you know that the Fairmount Water Works served as a model for more than 30 other American water delivery systems?
Do you know that Fairmount Park, one of the nations largest urban parks, was established to protect Philadelphia's drinking water supply?
Do you know that sewage treatment plants in America have turned around the health of the country's great rivers? Wildlife is returning to the rivers which for much of the twentieth century were used as open sewers.
Do you know that 80% to 90% of the pollution in our rivers today is caused by stormwater running off the land and bringing with it pollutants into the waterways?
Do you know that YOU can make a difference in cleaning up our water resources, making your community healthier and more beautiful?
Learn about these Remarkable Facts, and more. Come visit the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center!
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