Delaware
More than 100 mussels found near Northeast Philly’s Pennypack on the Delaware
It’s also good news for residents, he said. More than half of the city’s drinking water comes from upriver of where these water filtering mussels were found.
Riverfront North hopes to continue mussel surveys and encourage the community to get involved.
“You should care about the water that you’re consuming and using for recreation,” McWilliams said. “Once we educate the community about why it’s important to protect the watershed, that’s almost synonymous with [them] saying, ‘I want to conserve and protect my community.’ And that’s what we’re trying to promote.”