EVENT: Sewer District to solicit public input for Slavic Village project

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What will “green” mean on Fleet Avenue? We’ll talk about it September 11. On Wednesday, September 11, at 6 p.m., the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District will host a meeting for Slavic Village residents and business owners to discuss a new green infrastructure project, the Fleet Avenue Green Infrastructure...

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VIDEO: Is blasting like surgery? Understanding the safety, precision of controlled explosions

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• August 28th, 2013
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  We think the comparison works best only in one direction. If a doctor comes to you and explains his surgery is going to be like an explosion, be anxious. But when a construction manager says an explosion is going to be like surgery, that’s different and definitely more...

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NEWS: August 26 is our favorite day. Evah.

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• August 26th, 2013
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Photo by flickr user We are hereby marking our calendars for every August 26 for years to come. Your NEORSD bloggers have learned that today, August 26, is National Dog Day, raising awareness of pet adoption and rescue efforts. At the same time, we were amazed to learn...

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NEWS: Boring hasn’t been this exciting for a long time as Mackenzie breaks through

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• August 22nd, 2013
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At 1:27 a.m. Wednesday, Mackenzie saw a light she hadn’t seen in more than a year. Mackenzie, the 1,500-ton tunnel boring machine drilling the three-mile-long Euclid Creek Tunnel 200 feet under Cleveland, broke through the shale at shaft 5, marking the end of her boring—but very exciting—journey. While the...

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LINK: What causes that after-the-rain smell? Scientists have a theory.

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• August 21st, 2013
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We open windows after a summer rain. Not only is the air cooler, it has a tangible freshness to it, a certain smell that is unique to the post-storm experience. And scientists have theorized about where that smell comes from. io9 says the aroma’s basic ingredients are ...

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GIF: Animation shows before-and-after #StormwaterProgram emergency repairs

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• August 20th, 2013
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Consider this a GIFfed example of our stormwater management program in action. It’s an emergency stream-bank-repair job along Mill Creek and Warner Road from earlier this year. The bank—eroded by years of increased runoff and higher stream volumes—was graded and stabilized to ensure the roadside did not collapse into...

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LIST: Back to school jitters? Here are 7 ways we totally get how you feel.

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• August 19th, 2013
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It’s a crisp August morning, and that can mean only one thing: Wastewater treatment. Well maybe it means two things: Back to school, and wastewater treatment. 7 ways wastewater treatment is like the first day back to school from Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

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HISTORY: No power was no problem our plants couldn’t handle

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• August 14th, 2013
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“We had people showing up at the plants asking how they could help.” That’s how our then Director of Operations Tim Tigue described employees’ response to the great blackout of 2003 as staff was dedicated to maintaining service for customers. During the event, we sampled water on local beaches...

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LIST: Top 5 songs for saying goodbye to a 3,000,000-pound tunnel boring machine

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• August 12th, 2013
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Have we really come to the end of the road? Boyz II Men knows how we feel. It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday. Our tunnel boring machine Mackenzie has worked her way deep into our hearts as she nears the end of her 18,000-foot road: drilling the...

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TUNNEL: Mackenzie’s hitting the home stretch

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• August 12th, 2013
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A rumbling journey of more than 18,000 feet is nearing completion. As of 9:00 this evening, the yellow box in the map above is the live location of Mackenzie, the tunnel boring machine digging our Euclid Creek Tunnel 200 feet under Cleveland. The shaft visible at the end of...

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