Kyle Bagenstose

Mussels: A powerful solution to pollution in the Delaware?

When the Fairmount Water Works was built in the early 19th century to provide clean drinking water to Philadelphia, it...
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Are tunnels the answer to Philadelphia’s sewer overflows?

Editor’s note: Delaware Currents, in partnership with Grid magazine and Chestnut Hill Local, spent several months examining Green City, Clean Waters. As the Riverkeeper...
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Billions over budget: Questions swirl over Philly’s “green” fix for sewers

Editor’s note: Delaware Currents, in partnership with Grid magazine and Chestnut Hill Local, spent several months examining Green City, Clean Waters. Since 2011, when...
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EPA awards $6.8M to clean up brownfields in Delaware River watershed

Early on Monday afternoon, Shone London was fishing the lower Schuylkill River near his home in Southwest Philadelphia. London, 23,...
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Manayunk Canal reopening will improve water quality but prevent people’s access

In 2021, Ken Conly, director at large for the Philadelphia Canoe Club, was paddling a stretch of the Schuylkill River...
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Sewage is overflowing into Philly’s rivers. Is the city’s $2B+ fix working?

Editor’s note: Delaware Currents, in partnership with Grid magazine and Chestnut Hill Local, spent several months examining Green City, Clean...
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Can a bike trail spur love for the Delaware River? These advocates think so.

The golden glow of a late October morning still hovered over Bristol Lions Park in Lower Bucks County when the...
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