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NOTICE: Our administrative offices are closed today

NOTICE: Our administrative offices are closed today

Due to localized fire damage on the 4th floor of the George J. McMonagle Administration Building around 1:00 last night, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s administration building will be closed today, May 18, 2015. No injuries were sustained. We are in the process of assessing damage and are...

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PHOTO: This is why. / #InfrastructureWeek #FollowTheFlow

PHOTO: This is why. / #InfrastructureWeek #FollowTheFlow

And this Instagram caption is exactly why #InfrastructureWeek is fascinating. The interplay of everyday structures you see and systems you don’t, including the unnamed professionals who create and maintain them, are intricate works of both art and function. Sometimes it’s a new perspective that opens eyes to that unappreciated...

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#SmallBizWeek: Honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of small businesses, big opportunities

#SmallBizWeek: Honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of small businesses, big opportunities

“We want to say thank you.” Benjamin Holbert’s simple statement May 6 kicked of the Sewer District’s first-ever Small Business Week reception to acknowledge the more than 140 small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses that we worked with in 2014. Holbert is the District’s Business Outreach Coordinator working in Contract...

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BUSINESS: Huge investments, small businesses, and local success stories #SmallBizWeek

BUSINESS: Huge investments, small businesses, and local success stories #SmallBizWeek

Infrastructure that lasts beyond a generation is a huge investment. Few often realize it’s small businesses that help make it possible. This week is National Small Business Week, and we join local voices in support of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses that contribute to our Northeast Ohio economy. “I’m...

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EVENT: Go underground and behind the scenes as we #FollowTheFlow during Infrastructure Week May 11

EVENT: Go underground and behind the scenes as we #FollowTheFlow during Infrastructure Week May 11

“Go with the flow” has a meaning of its own. “Follow the flow” is going to get a little more interesting. May 11-15 marks the third year for Infrastructure Week, a national celebration of country’s infrastructure systems and the essential role they play in our economy. To celebrate Infrastructure...

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VIDEO: What causes that wonderful after-the-rain smell? Slow-mo video reveals secrets.

VIDEO: What causes that wonderful after-the-rain smell? Slow-mo video reveals secrets.

That familiar scent has a name: Petrichor. But since being named in a 1964 report, the actual cause of the after-the-storm “earthy fragrance” had been little more than theory. That changed in January when MIT researchers captured a specific raindrop phenomena on video. Scientists observed raindrops trapping tiny air...

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PROJECTS: About the Fairhill/MLK Green Ambassador Project in Cleveland

PROJECTS: About the Fairhill/MLK Green Ambassador Project in Cleveland

Known as the Fairhill-MLK Green Infrastructure Ambassador Project on the northeast corner of Fairhill Road and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Cleveland, this functional and aesthetic project will control stormwater and reduce the amount of water reaching the combined sewer system. Green infrastructure includes a range of stormwater...

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