From documentaries, interative exhibits and hands-on education programs, the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center in Philadelphia offers a wealth of water-related environmental education programs and activities.

Site of the original Philadelphia Water Works which first occupied the site in 1822, the Fairmount Center provided clean water to the City through 1909 when pollution in the Schuylkill River forced its closure.

Catch a preview of "Runnding Dry" at the Interpretive Center on Saturdays and Sundays at 1:00 p.m.. The documentary, inspired by Senator Paul Simon's book Tapped Out, is written, produced and directed by Jim Thebaut. It is a comprehensive public information/education project, established to raise awareness regarding the worsening global humanitarian water crisis and what we can do about it.

Catch all the action, by visiting the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center website.

1/12/2007