SDG 14: Life Below Water
Coming in 2025, the Global Philadelphia Association will unveil the last mural of the SDG Mural
Project, SDG 14: Life Below Water. This project is generously sponsored by the Philadelphia Water Department.
SDG 14 aims to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, sea, and Marine resources for sustainable development. SDG 14 focuses on reducing ocean pollution, protecting marine ecosystems, minimizing ocean acidification, and promoting sustainable fishing practices. It also emphasizes the need for international cooperation to manage marine resources and protect vulnerable coastal communities. This mural will highlight the goals of SDG 14: Life Below Water.
Stay tuned for updates on the mural’s location and unveiling details as we get closer to the mural unveiling.
Unveiling Details
Artist: TBD
Mural Location: TBD
Sponsor: The Philadelphia Water Department
Grantee: The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed
Project Partner: Mural Arts
About SDG #14
"Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
Healthy oceans and seas are essential to our existence.They cover 70 percent of our planet and we rely on them for food, energy and water. Yet, we have managed to do tremendous damage to these precious resources. We must protect them by eliminating pollution and overfishing and immediately start to responsibly manage and protect all marine life around the world."
Who's Involved...
About the Sponsor: The Philadelphia Water Department
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) supplies drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater services to customers within the City of Philadelphia.
The Department also has one wholesale water contract and 10 wholesale wastewater contracts with entities outside the City.
PWD maintains a network of more than 3,100 miles of water mains, 3,700 miles of sewers, six treatment facilities, and 34 pumping stations.
About the Grantee:
Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership
In 2000, the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) launched TTF Watershed Partnership in a groundbreaking effort to connect diverse stakeholders as neighbors and stewards of the watershed. The partnership was integral in developing the TTF Integrated Watershed Management Plan, a blueprint for restoring this urban stream into a community asset while addressing the mandated requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and Stormwater Permit Program (MS4).
TTF is all about connecting watershed residents and communities to their creeks! Through hands-on education, stewardship, restoration, and advocacy, TTF empowers their constituents to take care of and improve the impaired waterways across our 30 square miles.
Project Partner: Mural Arts
Mural Arts Philadelphia is the nation’s largest public art program, dedicated to the belief that art ignites change.
For 40 years, Mural Arts has united artists and communities through a collaborative process, rooted in the traditions of mural-making, to create art that transforms public spaces and individual lives. Mural Arts engages communities in 50–100 public art projects each year, and maintains its growing collection through a restoration initiative. Our core program areas—Art Education, Community Murals, Porch Light, and Restorative Justice—yield unique, project-based learning opportunities for thousands of youth and adults.
Each year, 15,000 residents and visitors tour Mural Arts’ outdoor art gallery, which has become part of the city’s civic landscape and a source of pride and inspiration, earning Philadelphia international recognition as the “Mural Capital of the World.