NEWS: “I can happily announce my intent to retire,” CEO Ciaccia to leave a clean-water legacy

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• October 20th, 2016
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Ciaccia has served the Sewer District since 2007. Julius Ciaccia, Jr., has announced his intent to retire from the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, effective this coming January. Ciaccia has led the organization since 2007. Ciaccia joined the Sewer District following a 30-year tenure with the City of Cleveland,...

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WEATHER: Do Great Lakes have storm surges?

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• October 7th, 2016
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Storm clouds move across Lake Erie behind our Westerly Wastewater Treatment Plant. Nick Bucurel. When waterborne natural disasters like Hurricane Matthew affect the coasts, one of the biggest threats is not the wind. It’s the storm surge. The surge is the dramatic rise of sea levels and wave height...

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WATCH: Why we do what we do.

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• September 30th, 2016
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Cleveland has amazing water resources. And while they are so visible that they are easily taken for granted, there are also unseen resources that help make sure our lakes, rivers, and water quality are protected. This moving #MyWaterLegacy video from the Water Environment Federation was shown at WEFTEC—a huge...

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POLITICS: Print your own “Tardigrade for President” posters and make America tardigreat again.

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• September 26th, 2016
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Let America know you stand with the tardigrade. We love the microscopic water bear and all it means for our water-quality work, but now you too can let neighbors and co-workers know you prefer the candidate who can survive pretty much anything. Download our five posters and print your...

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WATCH: Kids asked Christen, “How can you stand the smell of wastewater?”

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• September 20th, 2016
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How can wastewater treatment plant workers spend hours around sewage and not get overwhelmed by the smell? Former Treatment Plant Operator and current manager Christen Wood gets that question a lot, and she said it’s all science.

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RATES: Check your bills this quarter for the latest news on rates, stormwater, cost-saving

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• September 7th, 2016
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Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District customers billed by Cleveland Water will receive a bill insert this quarter offering a reminder of the upcoming rate changes, cost-saving opportunities, and Regional Stormwater Management Program news. A copy of the insert content is featured below. RELATED NEWS: RATES: Trustees set rates for...

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PROFILES: How Kate’s ability to grow has helped her career, and the health of her coworkers

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• August 26th, 2016
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Kate in her role as a maintenance worker. Within nine years, Kate Rybarczyk’s work ethic took her from Custodian to Plant Maintenance Manager. “As a mechanic I strengthened my problem-solving skills,” shared Kate from the Westerly Wastewater Treatment Plant. “When something wasn’t working, we’d troubleshoot to determine how we...

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GREEN: Living wall breathes life into historic building in Ohio City

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• August 24th, 2016
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Flip a rain garden 90 degrees and what could you get? Something both striking and functional. One beneficiary of the District’s Green Infrastructure Grant Program is the Striebinger Block building on West 29th Street in Ohio City. The 1919 building boasts a “living wall” that is fed by rainwater...

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VIDEO: Watch this clean-water-loving bug build its own awesome rock armor for protection

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• August 11th, 2016
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Life as a caddisfly larva can’t be easy. Often found in fast-moving shallow streams with clean water and high levels of oxygen, much of their bodies as larvae are soft and unprotected, leaving them vulnerable to predators. To survive, they’ve evolved to secrete a waterproof glue that binds small...

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SPORTS: What would happen if Michael Phelps tried swimming in our tanks?

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• August 8th, 2016
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As swimmer Michael Phelps places more gold medals around his neck during these Olympic Games in Rio, we wondered how he’d fare in an environment more unusual than a 50-meter chlorinated pool. Southerly first-stage aeration tanks Could Phelps swim in one of these long bubbling channels known as an...

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