Posted by Jared Shepherd Mackenzie dug her way into hundreds of Ohio schools late last month. After our tunnel boring machine Mackenzie finished digging the 18,000-foot-long Euclid Creek Tunnel in August, she was brought to the surface piece by piece, and a school news program featured her accomplishment in September. The clip above...
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In this image, Wastewater Analyst Lindsay Koplow is culturing water fleas. But this culture has nothing to do with the Cleveland Museum of Art. The fleas are cultured—cultivated and nourished—and maintained every day of the year. Seems like a lot of work for a bug, no? Well the water...
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How do we get a closer look at problems in our sewers? One way is using a video rig and camera like this. This is a demonstration set-up so our Open House visitors can see the camera and its maneuverability in action. Lights. Camera. Action. Video cameras are important...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd We have a few “Where does it go?” videos of our own, but this one from The Value of Water Coalition might be a new fave of ours. Our treatment process is very similar, but we provide a different method of disinfection. Still, Walter the Water Droplet and our...
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Updated February 16, 2015 We understand many customers have questions about their bills following last week’s news that we can no longer collect fees for stormwater management. We have already begun fielding questions in our Customer Service department and online, and these appear to be the most common so...
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Late Thursday, the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals ruled against the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District in finding that, among other things, the Sewer District does not have the authority under Ohio Revised Code Chapter 6119 or its Charter to enact and implement the Regional Stormwater Management Program...
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When our tunnel boring machine Mackenzie finished digging the Euclid Creek Tunnel late last month, she did so on-line, ahead of schedule, and under budget. It’s likely some of the money she saved will go towards a new paint job. Digging through three miles of shale 200 feet under...
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When you operate one of the largest wastewater treatment plants of its kind in the country, you can make a lot of good things happen. And that’s not even considering the hundreds of millions of gallons of water treated on a daily basis. Our employees’ latest idea: Why not...
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Our clean-water work should inspire confidence in the community, but we found there are also many phobias associated with many aspects of our daily duties. Here are 13 we found.
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Mac’s on her way back to the surface starting Monday. More than one year ago, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s tunnel boring machine, named “Mackenzie,” began excavating the Euclid Creek Tunnel. Mackenzie has successfully mined and lined 18,000 feet of 24-foot diameter tunnel 200 feet below ground,...
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