Stormwater Talk with Former Director of Philly Water, Howard Neukrug

Join the Clean Rivers Campaign, the Negley Run Watershed Task Force, and residents of the Negley Run Watershed to hear from the man who led Philadelphia’s green-first plan that’s transforming the City.

Howard is currently a professor of Practice in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science in the School of Arts and Sciences. Neukrug is the former Commissioner and CEO of Philadelphia Water, where he was responsible for all aspects of utility operations, environmental compliance, engineering, financing, budgeting, capital and strategic planning, customer service, human resources, and legal and policy decisions for its drinking water/wastewater/stormwater system serving 2.3 million people. At Penn, he is establishing a Water Center and teaching courses on the water industry and the role of water in urban sustainability and resiliency. He is also a Principal with CASE Environmental, LLC, where he provides consulting services to cities and utilities in urban planning, systems design, sustainability, organization development, strategic planning and trends and innovations in the global water industry.

You can read more about Philadelphia’s Green Plan here: http://www.phillywatersheds.org/what_were_doing/documents_and_data/cso_long_term_control_plan