VIDEO: Dead fish near our treatment plant? It’s nature and temperature, not pollution.

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• February 11th, 2013
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Are we poisoning fish by releasing polluted water into the Cuyahoga River? Contrary to the YouTube video’s inaccurate captions above, we are not. We were alerted to this video today, a clip that was posted to YouTube January 31 with the title, “NEORSD sewage kills fish in Cuyahoga River.”...

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LIST: Top 7-and-a-half ways wastewater treatment is like a romantic relationship

• Posted by Jared Shepherd
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• February 8th, 2013
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OK, it would be way too easy to make a J. Geils Band reference here when comparing romance to wastewater treatment, but there are far more similarities between cleaning sewage and finding that special someone than you may have expected. Here are a few. Don’t be afraid to confront...

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PIC: Mackenzie will soon be looking up at Lake Erie

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• February 6th, 2013
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Mackenzie’s knocking on Lake Erie’s door. The tunnel boring machine that is digging our Euclid Creek Tunnel project—an 18,000-foot journey 200 feet under Cleveland’s east side—is named Mackenzie. And in a few short weeks, the bed of Lake Erie will be 160 feet above her head. The photo above...

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NEWS: Sewage is new source of ski resort snow in Arizona

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• February 1st, 2013
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it… flow? Last month, an Arizona ski resort began making snow entirely from its most reliable water source: Water recycled from Flagstaff’s sewage. Wednesday’s Bloomberg story reads: The ski area near Flagstaff is the first in the U.S. to make snow entirely...

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#RAINMATTERS: Special workshop will welcome local TV weather personalities

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• January 31st, 2013
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This afternoon, we’ve invited local TV meteorologists to join us for a #RainMatters workshop. Chances of a stormwater education? 100 percent. With the help of WKYC Chief Meteorologist Betsy Kling, the Sewer District designed a workshop to present the history of and relationship between sewers and the regional stormwater...

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SLIDESHARE: How and why @neorsd got social

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• January 30th, 2013
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Why is the Sewer District using social media? Because you are. That’s the simple answer we’ve offered before, but we recently presented these slides at a professionals networking event. It gives the past, present, and future of social media’s role in our communication efforts, and even includes a few...

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NEWS: Happy birthday to loo, Crapper’s invention celebrates its 150th

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• January 23rd, 2013
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Here’s one birthday that’s a total crapper. Thomas J. Crapper, actually. January 13 marked the 150th birthday of plumber Thomas J. Crapper‘s invention, a one-piece pedestal for a flushing toilet that would revolutionize their operation—and sanitation in general. The Independent blogged about the birthday last week: …thanks to Thomas...

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PHOTO: Salty sewers? Winter’s residue builds up beneath the streets

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• January 22nd, 2013
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Snow on the roads this morning makes traveling treacherous, but what’s going on below the surface? Our Sewer System Maintenance and Operation crews inspect sewers all year round, and during periods of road salting and deicing, the calcium deposits in sewers can build up quickly. In the above photo...

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STORMWATER: Top 3 “Hey, you forgot this!” credit app errors

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• January 17th, 2013
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As stormwater fee credit applications continue to flow in, we’ve noticed a few areas where customers have overlooked requirements in order for us to process their applications properly. If you are submitting a credit application, don’t miss these three most common oversights: [Download a Residential Stormwater Fee Credit Manual...

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NEWS: Cleveland Heights and Berea customers, your stormwater bill and sewer/water bills are separate

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• January 17th, 2013
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If you are a customer living in Cleveland Heights or Berea, you will need to pay your 2013 stormwater bill separate from your cities’ water and sewer bills. Here’s why. As Sewer District customers in our stormwater service area, you will receive a bill for the new stormwater fee...

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