Posted by Jared Shepherd When one water professional calls out another water professional to a challenge based on buckets filled with the very essence of their work, the results are gonna be interesting. Cheers to DC Water‘s General Manager George Hawkins for accepting our director Ciaccia’s ice-bucket challenge as both men took the...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd Whether you’re waiting in line for Apple’s new iPhone 6 or still rocking your Blackberry, this can be useful. Or better yet, you could just wait to tweet.
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Law & Order. The Good Wife. LA Law. Ally McBeal. How do the popular TV courtroom dramas stand up to an actual Ohio Supreme Court hearing? We’ll find out September 9 when the Sewer District argues its case for a Regional Stormwater Management Program. While it might not make...
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Next time you consider flushing wipes or washing cooking grease down your drain, consider you might be contributing to a Boeing 747-size sewer blockage under your city. It happened in the UK where Thames Water recently spent four days clearing a 262-foot blockage of fat, grease, and disposable wipes...
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Without clean, safe, and reliable water and wastewater systems, one-fifth of our US economy would grind to a halt. That’s because #WaterWorks. Water sustains life. It creates jobs and drives our economy. Clean water is what our work is all about. September’s going to be big when it comes...
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“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” In the popular book, “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!”...
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Keep it simple. And use cartoons if possible. When explaining a difficult and often technical subject like toxic algae threatening the future of Lake Erie, simplicity goes a long way helping increase both awareness and understanding. Our hat’s off to Toledo Blade‘s Tom Henry for helping explain the problem...
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Collecting beach water quality samples at Villa Angela Beach in Cleveland. Since State Senator Randy Gardner and Representative Chris Redfern are hosting a special meeting of the Lake Erie Legislative Caucus this Friday—focusing on algae problems plaguing the lake and, most recently, the Toledo area’s drinking water—here are 5...
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Parents, it’s that time of year again. And we can make a few connections between our work and your kids’ first-day jitters that you might not have expected. Class is in session. 1. Sure maybe it stinks, but where would you be without it? OK, the end of summer...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd In honor of World Elephant Day, we’re reposting an infographic we designed for Cleveland Metroparks Zoo a while back.
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