ARCHIVES: Drive-in was Southerly neighbor in 1960s

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• July 16th, 2012
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Image by Robert Frank, 1955. Our student assistant Stephanie Harris uncovered a great bit of nostalgia recently when she included the phrase “drive-in theater” in a story about our Southerly wastewater treatment plant in Cuyahoga Heights. That’s right. Our current plant’s footprint covers a space that used to be...

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SUN & STORMS: Beaches, rain in the July 4 news

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• July 5th, 2012
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How were you planning to spend your holiday week? Recent stories in The Plain Dealer may have you reconsidering, but they are examples of the problems that have plagued Northeast Ohio for some time. And they are problems we are addressing. When it comes to beach water quality—a topic...

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STORMWATER: Program gets the green light, will begin January 2013

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• July 2nd, 2012
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The Sewer District’s regional stormwater management program has the green light. On Thursday, Judge Thomas J. Pokorny issued a final ruling on the Sewer District’s regional program to tackle Northeast Ohio’s flooding, erosion, and water quality problems. The Sewer District will formally implement the Regional Stormwater Management Program in...

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TRAFFIC: West 11th to close for construction July 9

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• June 30th, 2012
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Starting July 9, West 11th Street will close for about a week to complete a sewer relining project. The street will be closed to all traffic besides local residents. The relining process, known as cured in place pipe, uses a resin which yields odors. Embedded below are a brief...

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RADIO, part II: “That’s a significant drop.” Yes, he is.

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• June 29th, 2012
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So when a caller to the WMMS 100.7 Alan Cox Show during Wednesday drivetime reacted to the hosts’ conversation about Lake Erie’s poor beachwater quality, he rightfully touched on the Sewer District’s multi-billion-dollar program to fix some of the problems plaguing the lakefront. We heard about the call yesterday...

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RADIO: I’m not sure we can use that in a headline.

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• June 28th, 2012
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The phrase “t_rd reduction” might be awkward in a headline, but it’s the way yesterday’s beach report and our efforts to monitor and improve water quality came up in drive-time talk radio yesterday. Hear for yourself: WMMS’s Alan Cox Show spent a few segments on the topic yesterday afternoon....

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PUP: Picking up waste, dropping some knowledge

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• June 28th, 2012
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Photo by J. Quinn Summer days and dog walking go hand in hand. On your walks, have you seen any of our PUP signs? The requests for them continue coming in, but so do the questions about the real motivators behind this successful campaign. Our Pick Up Poop! (PUP)...

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BEACHES: Sewer District partners with NRDC in press conference on beach quality

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• June 26th, 2012
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Villa Angela Beach in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Michael Uva. Updated 2012 06/27—This morning, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) held a 10:00 press conference at the Great Lakes Science Center to release its annual report on national beaches—including several in Greater Cleveland—and the Sewer District has partnered with...

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PROFILE: Students travel the ins and outs of Cleveland’s water cycle

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• June 25th, 2012
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Assistant superintendent Dan Smith speaks to a group of Sewer District summer students and co-ops from a point high atop a trickling filter at the Westerly plant in Cleveland. Think of it as a water-cycle/career-prep roadtrip. The Sewer District calls it success@work. The District recently dedicated a day to...

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PHOTOS: Where’s Wally? Austria. Sort of.

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• June 18th, 2012
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Former Sewer District summer student Robert Nedrich sent us a few photos of his time in Vienna, Austria. A true validation of the impact we had on Robert, he was quick to see the resemblance between a Vienna water treatment facility mascot and our own Wally Waterdrop, our official...

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