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Welcome to The Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center 
INTRODUCING FWWICWho cares that you don't know the difference between a watershed and a woodshed? At the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center you and your family can learn about watersheds and have a ton of fun doing it. Fly a helicopter simulation from the Delaware Bay to the headwaters of the Schuylkill River. Or visit Pollutionopolis, America's most contaminated and disgusting town, to see how a city can really mess up its water supply. Or, well, you choose...More Details » 
ALERT The Pennypack Is Free AgainMigrating fish finally can swim all the way up the lower 5.8 miles of Pennypack Creek. This tributary to the Delaware River had been obstructed by three dams and other barriers for more than 300 years. More Details » 
PROGRAMMING Educators! Download the FWWIC's First Online Lesson on Water QualityThe Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center staff of educators is posting its most popular lessons online. The first lesson, ?Drinking Water Mystery: A Simple Test,? is a hands-on experiment using environmental science, math and chemistry for grades 4 to 12. More Details » 
PROGRAMMING Become a FWWIC Volunteer. Training Kicks off in SeptemberIf you have an itch to know more about the Water Works and want to pitch in to make the Interpretive Center even more excellent, become a volunteer. You?ll meet interesting people who share a love of nature, science, technology and history. More Details » -->Click here to view FWWIC News Archive -->Top of Page |
     
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