Philly gets EPA funds for water-watching

    By: Tom MacDonald

    The City of Philadelphia has gotten a federal grant to install high tech sensors to monitor water quality. WHYY’s Tom MacDonald has the story.

    By: Tom MacDonald
    tmacdonald@whyy.org

    The City of Philadelphia has gotten a federal grant to install high tech sensors to monitor water quality. WHYY’s Tom MacDonald has the story.

    Caption: Federal and city officials hold the symbolic check for $2 million in EPA funding for the city’s water-quality monitoring system.

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