PICS: Interns’ turn to make a difference in East Cleveland day of service

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• July 30th, 2014
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VIDEO: Broken water main floods UCLA campus with 10 million gallons of water

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• July 30th, 2014
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When a 90+ year old water main broke under the campus of UCLA yesterday afternoon, spewing up to 10 million gallons of water in the air and down streets like waterfalls, it looked like this. USA Today reported that in some places, up to seven feet (!) of water...

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FUN: @EPAWater plays Kardashians app, but here are 5 better water games you can play.

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• July 22nd, 2014
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Of all the games a water-focused agency could play, it had to be this one? EPA Water’s Twitter account posted a status update July 22, saying the account holder had reached the C-List level of the Kardashian: Hollywood app. Chances are the user had mistakenly posted the update to...

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HEALTH: Coffee, your colon, and how your brew affects your morning movement

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• July 20th, 2014
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The blunt but apparently popular question—”Why does coffee make me poop?”—makes its round on common news and health websites. There seems to be agreement that caffeine and other substances from the brew do often get our colonic muscles going, generating a reaction in our bodies similar to eating a...

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WATCH: Soar high above the beautiful complexity of the wastewater treatment process

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• July 16th, 2014
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While snapping some new aerial photographs for an upcoming publication, photographer J. Quinn let the video camera roll providing us some great footage of our largest treatment plant, Southerly in Cuyahoga Heights.

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TIPS: 5 common car repairs and replacements to protect the environment

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• July 11th, 2014
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Many Americans are seeking more sustainable alternatives to common household cleaners and chemicals. That’s not always easy when it comes to maintaining your car. Although there are few alternatives to automotive fluids, there are still many things that can be done to lessen the impact our cars have on...

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LOOK: Speechless. Weird toilet exhibition opens at Tokyo’s science museum.

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• July 8th, 2014
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Poo slide, singing toilets, “feces” role plays, brown curly-cue hats, and MORE!? I’m not sure whether to be shocked or start Googling where to buy tickets. Hey, why not both? It may seem beyond the pale, but there are so many educational opportunities here in this toilet-themed science museum...

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CAREERS: Commitment, service are at the heart of the skills veterans bring to work

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• July 7th, 2014
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John Corn, a US Navy and Marines veteran and one-year Sewer District employee, recently shared his story in an interview with Crain’s Cleveland Business at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hiring Our Heroes Job Fair at the Cleveland Public Auditorium on June 26, 2014. “The most important thing is...

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NEWS: Board officers are re-elected for 2014-2015 term

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• July 3rd, 2014
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On July 3, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees re-elected Darnell Brown as President and Ronald D. Sulik as Vice President. The Board has also elected Walter O’Malley as Secretary. Brown was first appointed to the Board by former Cleveland Mayor Michael White in 2001 and...

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HISTORY: What were toilets like in 1776?

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• July 1st, 2014
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Whether America is celebrating its founding fathers or its independence, we ask a question about one item most of us are quite dependent upon today: What were toilets like in 1776? To understand the privies of the day, it’s best to look at the entire state of sanitation overall...

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