PATRICK CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, a division of the Academy of Natural Sciences, consists of a multidisciplinary group of environmental scientists and engineers devoted to understanding aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, including the effects of natural processes and human activities; applying this knowledge to assess ecosystems health and developing watershed-level strategies for enhancing environmental quality; and working with others to improve environmental stewardship.
THE PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT claims a commitment "to providing a safe and abundant supply of water" and to collecting storm water and treating wastewater in order to improve area rivers and streams. It says it performs watershed management in cooperation with the Darby-Cobbs Watershed Partnership, the Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, the Schuylkill Sourcewater Assessment Partnership, the Delaware River Sourcewater Assessment Partnership, and other "watershed partners."
BIOCHEM TECHNOLOGY INC. is a consulting scientific and engineering firm that specializes in the monitoring, optimization and control of wastewater treatment processes. Its website says "we specialize in making existing wastewater treatment plants work better. Our unique consulting services are solely dedicated to improving effluent characteristics, treating more water, and lowering operating costs."
VILLANOVA LAW SCHOOL has a professor who is the Rapporteur for the Water Resources Committee of the International Law Association with the charge to redraft the Helsinki Rules on transboundary water management in light of developments in international water law and international environmental law over the 35 years since the original Helsinki Rules were approved. He has been an active member for more than ten years of the Task Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for drafting two Model Water Codes and chaired the working group that drafted the Regulated Riparian Model Water Code. He ascended in 1995 to the chair of the Water Regulatory Standards Committee of ASCE.
