WATER: How many tests in one year? Almost 200,000 help protect our lake.

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• January 16th, 2014
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West Virginia’s water-contamination saga is shining the spotlight on water quality, regulations, contaminants and public health. Clean water is at the heart of our work, but our attention is commonly focused on the wastewater side of the water cycle. How do we monitor our treatment processes and the environment...

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MEDIA: Golden Globes red carpet soaked with sewage. Please stop snickering.

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• January 13th, 2014
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Last night’s Golden Globes red carpet included a cameo appearance no one expected: Water. On Sunday afternoon, Ryan Seacrest tweeted a photo of a flooded red carpet, caused by either a sprinkler system malfunction or a sewage leak. huge water leak on #goldenglobes red carpet…Bev Hills fire trying to...

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PIC: You never know what creatures you’ll find in the sludge

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• January 11th, 2014
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Image by Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District O the wonderful world under the microscope. Our Biologist Carrie Millward sent us this image of a non-biting midge larvae she found in a sample of solid material (sludge) in our treatment process. They look scary, but they’re common in wastewater. As...

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WEIRD: Sewer clogged by a pile of undergarments [facepalm here]

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• January 9th, 2014
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One of the most common sewer clogs in many cities sewer systems recently has been disposable wipes. They don’t play nice with your plumbing many wastewater treatment systems. Neither do underpants. Yes, true story—this one out of the UK—Severn Trent Water reports that a sewer in the town of...

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WOW: Bubbling tanks, frigid temps result in wondrous icy landscape

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• January 7th, 2014
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Well that’s not something we see every day. These open-air aeration tanks inject air bubbles into the wastewater during the treatment process at our Southerly plant, but this event is something rarely seen before. Here’s what the tanks look like in normal conditions (left image), bubbling and swirling to...

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TIPS: How to build an igloo. Plus 7 other ways to protect home, self during deep freeze

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• January 6th, 2014
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Image credit wikipedia Social media across Ohio is teeming with all sorts of winter tips, and they’re good ones based on the deep freeze hitting us today. Here are eight more handy winter resources, from plumbing safety to traveling tips, including two that might not have made other local...

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PUP: Dogs tend to poop in alignment with Earth’s magnetic field, study finds

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• January 4th, 2014
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If you thought your dog was picky when it came to him finding the perfect spot for his business, a new study suggests he might have an excuse. Researchers in Prague have concluded dogs have a tendency to poop along a north-south axis that lines up with the Earth’s...

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REVIEW: Can we sum up 365 days in just 8 topics? Worth a try.

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• January 3rd, 2014
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We penned 120 blog posts in 2013, highlighting projects, issues, progress and humor to help customers better understand our work. Here were some of our top stories and how we covered them. Thanks to Mike Uva for the recap. Mackenzie finishes big dig We celebrated our 1,500-ton Tunnel Boring...

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WATCH: 5-year-old builds wastewater treatment plant model out of Lego, puts whatever you built to shame

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• December 30th, 2013
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Wally is five years old and he built a wastewater treatment plant out of Lego. Really, it’s quite impressive. That and his narrated tour of the colorfully snapped-together facility is one of the best things I’ve seen in a long time. Not something I’d want to step on with...

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WIPES: Yep, still not flushable. Keep wipes out of pipes, Consumer Reports confirms

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• December 28th, 2013
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It’s a headline we’ve been seeing for some time, but it’s a tip worth sharing again: Flushable wipes really aren’t flushable, and if you flush them you could be asking for plumbing problems. This time, it’s a story from WLS-TV out of Chicago. RELATED: 15 things you shouldn’t flush...

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