CHILDREN: New Sesame Street muppet stands up for health, sanitation, education

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Photo by John Barrett. Posted by Sesame Workshop 2014. Sesame Street’s newest muppet, Raya, is six years old. She’s aqua green with sandals on her feet. She has a fantastic memory. She also knows the health challenges children her age face in countries like Bangladesh, India and Nigeria. In...

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NEWS: Multi-year project will expand treatment capacity by 70 million gallons

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• March 19th, 2014
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In 2013, Lakeshore Boulevard residents and passers-by witnessed a significant amount of construction activity related to our Project Clean Lake consent decree. The commotion will not end anytime soon. Several new projects at Easterly begin this month, “as soon as the weather breaks,” according to Construction Program Manager Doug...

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#CIFF38: Silence your phones during the movie, and don’t tweet from the bathroom.

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@CIFF @wallywaterdrop gr8 partnerships yield gr8 results (& dry phones) Ty @neorsd for sponsoring gr8est film fest pic.twitter.com/v7VvJwSDL5 — joecimperman (@joecimperman) April 11, 2013 The Cleveland International Film Festival returns today, and with 93,000+ admissions last year, we know all sorts of eyes will be focused on our city—and...

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VIDEO: And you thought you’d never be interested in how a pump station works.

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• March 18th, 2014
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For most people, wastewater treatment just happens. It’s not something many think about. One thing we’ve enjoyed on our social media channels is the ability to bring the real-world work behind cleaning dirty water right in front of people’s eyes. Sure, we’re biased, but we think it’s amazing, and...

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WORLD WATER DAY: The value of clean water, made personal.

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• March 18th, 2014
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A young resident of Maslakh camp (Afghanistan) takes a drink of water. UN Photo/E. Debebe Flush. Don’t think twice about it. Turn the tap. No big deal. Start the laundry, fill your tub, wash you hands, whatever. It’s just water. The simple fact that we can consider a precious...

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GREEN: St. Patrick’s Day and 5 stories of green with Cuyahoga River connections

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Our mighty Cuyahoga has never received the full Chicago River green-dye treatment, but it has some green tales to tell. Here are five interesting stories you may not have heard. 5. The Cuyahoga River was dyed green in 2008. Mysteriously. In January of that year, the City of Akron...

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QUIZ: Which tunnel boring machine are you?

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• March 14th, 2014
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So Buzzfeed won’t create our buzzquiz ideas. No biggie. We made our own. Just scroll down and click “Let’s Play!” to get started.

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HEROES: Could these superheroes’ alter egos have found better career options?

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• March 12th, 2014
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As Marvel Studios’ “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” release date edges closer and closer—an event in which we hold particular interest—we’ve got superheroes on the brain. Of course, Captain America’s alter ego was Steve Rogers, whose comic book origins state he was a fine arts student and budding illustrator....

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LIST: 8 BuzzFeed quizzes you’ll probably never see

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• March 8th, 2014
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I can’t believe how these things have taken off. BuzzFeed quizzes. Which Willy Wonka character are you? Which bagel are you? What should your college major actually be? BuzzFeed quizzes are all the rage. But while their topics really do run the gamut, we came up with eight you’ll...

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PHOTO: Safety first, top hats are a priority.

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• March 6th, 2014
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Quite dapper for a sewer tunnel tour, no? These gents were friends of English civil engineer Joseph Bazalgette attending a tour of the main drainage works of his new London Sewage System in 1862. Tours of anything similar today are accompanied by hard hats rather than top hats, but...

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