Habithèque's Mussel Hatchery receives award and helps Partnership for the Delaware Estuary secure $7.9 million

The Freshwater Mussel Hatchery Project has received the Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin’s 2018 Achievement Award. This award is presented to a WRA/DRB member or member organization whose services have advanced the cause of sound water resources management. The award was presented at the 36th Annual Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at The Down Town Club in Philadelphia.

The Mussel Hatchery and Living Laboratory, funded by the PEW Center for Arts and Heritage and conceived and created by Habithèque, catapulted the Fairmount Water Works (FWW) to the center of watershed education in the region, solidifying its leadership role in communicating innovative water stories to the public at large.

The Mussel Hatchery is a dynamic storytelling platform where real science feeds the points of engagement of an exhibition that discusses contemporary issues. Through this living laboratory, the FWW was able to expand its audience base, make deep and ongoing collaborative relationships with practicing artists and scientists, while vividly demonstrating how powerful and accessible storytelling can impact public policy and create social change.

Our exhibition assets directly helped the project’s scientific partners secure $7.9 million for a commercial hatchery, which is likely to serve as a scalable model, nationally and globally, for nature-based solutions to the health of freshwater systems.

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