RIVER: Branches, bristles, and balls baskets built for better bulkheads

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The latest customized contraptions along the Cuyahoga River bulkheads were added this month to help provide habitat for migrating fish, and the elements used in this phase of the project might surprise you. Cuyahoga County Planning Commission, with the help of Biohabitats and the Regional Sewer District, installed the...

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#h2olloween LIST: 7 comic-book characters’ alter egos, and the water careers they could have had

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• October 30th, 2015
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Heroes of comic books and movies make for great costumes for all ages. But are they also indicators of career options? Captain America: The Winter Soldier filmed in Cleveland in 2013, and before the release, we spent time examining whether famous characters’ alter egos’ skill sets made them viable...

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#TBT: Yes, THAT James Earl Jones narrated this 1978 documentary about the Cuyahoga River

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• October 29th, 2015
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The melodious tones of James Earl Jones’ golden pipes grace the narration track of this Cuyahoga River documentary from 1978. This clip features JEJ reading text from an infamous Time Magazine article that followed the 1969 river fire. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s); if (d.getElementById(id))...

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WATCH: The not-so-terrifying but very creepy-cool tunnels deep under Southerly / #h2olloween

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• October 22nd, 2015
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Some of the access tunnels in the bowels of the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant in Cuyahoga Heights date back to the plant’s grand opening in 1928. Operator Christen Wood took us for a quick tour of the sprawling and sometimes spooky underground system, just in time for Halloween.

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TRENDING: Never forget, it was a toilet that made time travel possible. #BackToTheFutureDay

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• October 21st, 2015
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Back To The Future‘s Doc Brown and his illustration of the time-travel-enabling flux capacitor. The future has arrived. As the past. In the present. Thanks to a toilet. October 21, 2015 has been declared Back To The Future Day, a day of ’80s sci-fi nostalgia, the date to which...

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EVENT: Sewer University #SewerU now enrolling, your 101 course for Northeast Ohio’s sewer history and water future

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• October 9th, 2015
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VIEW THE SLIDEDECK. If you missed it, you can register for our next SewerU January 26. All participants graduate sewer cum laude with a Business major and a minor in puns. Have you ever wondered where “it” goes in Northeast Ohio? If so, register for our first ever Sewer...

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SERIES: Follow the flow of h2o in Cleveland with #ValueWater, @neorsd and @ClevelandWater

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• October 8th, 2015
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The Value of Water reports each of us use more than 100 gallons of water in a single day. Where does it come from, and where does it go? and what would it be like if the resources or the systems that make it possible didn’t exist? This month’s...

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WATCH | How it works: Permeable pavers at the Western Reserve Historical Society

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• October 7th, 2015
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It’s not the first permeable-pavers project we’ve supported, but it’s the first time we’ve had a truck dump a tank-load of water on one for a video. The Cleveland History Center at the Western Reserve Historical Society recently completed a renovation of its parking lot with the support of...

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ACTION: Start a movement. Join your voices and #RespectTheFlush

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• September 30th, 2015
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Give your drain the acclaim it deserves. Every time you flush a toilet, drain your sink, or pass a manhole cover along the curb, amazing unseen things are happening that protect public health and the environment. What can you do to show you #RespectTheFlush? To raise awareness of the...

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LOOK: Have a peek at the restoration plans for two Euclid Creek Tunnel shaft sites

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• September 25th, 2015
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Euclid Creek Tunnel shaft site 5 Euclid Creek Tunnel shaft site4 With the Euclid Creek Tunnel now complete on time and under budget, the Sewer District has set its sights on site restoration at two important community locations: Shaft 4 at Triangle Park at East 174 Street, and Shaft...

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