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2. Philadelphia Water Department - Wikipedia

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   The Philadelphia Water Department is the public water utility for the City of Philadelphia. PWD provides integrated potable water, wastewater, and stormwater services for Philadelphia and some communities in Bucks, Delaware and Montgomery counties. [4] PWD is a municipal agency of the City of Philadelphia, and is seated in rented space at the ...

3. United States Sanitary Commission - Wikipedia

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   The United States Sanitary Commission ( USSC) was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861, to support sick and wounded soldiers of the United States Army (Federal / Northern / Union Army) during the American Civil War. [a] It operated across the North, raised an estimated $25 million in Civil War era revenue ...

4. History of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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   A 1752 map of Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape people. Philadelphia quickly grew into an important colonial city and during the American Revolution was the site of ...

5. Philadelphia requires all full-time city employees to return ...

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   May 20, 2024 at 4:26 PM. Philadelphia has mandated all city employees to return to their offices if employed full-time, as of July 15. Mayor Cherelle Parker made the announcement Monday, saying ...

6. The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia ...

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   One day at the city dump, Barney kicks a water jug extremely far and catches the attention of a group of Eagles executives, who are scouting the location for land to build a new stadium. The Eagles coach offers Barney a job as the team's new kicker, which the owner feels is an excellent publicity stunt in "giving an average Joe a shot at the NFL".

7. Sanitation worker - Wikipedia

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   A sanitation worker (or sanitary worker) is a person responsible for cleaning, maintaining, operating, or emptying the equipment or technology at any step of the sanitation chain. [1] : 2 This is the definition used in the narrower sense within the WASH sector. More broadly speaking, sanitation workers may also be involved in cleaning streets ...