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City's former water commish returns to Penn

Howard Neukrug, who retired as Philadelphia water commissioner at the end of 2015, is joining two University of Pennsylvania research centers on Friday as a senior fellow for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Howard Neukrug, who retired as Philadelphia water commissioner at the end of 2015, is joining two University of Pennsylvania research centers on Friday as a senior fellow for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Neukrug, who worked with the city for 37 years including five as the Water Department's chief executive, will jointly serve the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at PennDesign and the Fels Policy Research Initiative at the School of Arts and Sciences.

A graduate of the university's civil and urban engineering program, Neukrug was an adjunct professor at Penn.

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