Heat relief in Phoenix: What's being done to curb heat-related deaths
With scorching temperatures throughout this week in Arizona, the city of Phoenix is making some changes this year to battle the blazing heat.
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With scorching temperatures throughout this week in Arizona, the city of Phoenix is making some changes this year to battle the blazing heat.
A new pilot program in Phoenix is increasing public access to chilled water. The city recently installed two fountain prototypes downtown.Just off Washington Street near Third Avenue, in Cesar Chavez Plaza, is a bright blue water fountain. On each side you can get a drink. In the middle, you can fill a bottle.
The city of Phoenix is piloting a program they believe will help make chilled drinking water more accessible to the public.
More than 30 people will spend Thursday working on ways to create more shade, as part of the Innovate PHX Challenge at Venture Café downtown.The theme for this year’s hackathon is, “Our Future's So Bright We've Got to Build Shade". Participants will break into five teams to come up with solutions to expand non-living shade.
The Phoenix Office of Innovation partnered with Venture Cafe to host the first Innovation Challenge. Five teams competed to come up with innovative solutions to provide chilled, drinking water to public places.