Posted by Jared Shepherd From the archives: This is a clip of a free lecture delivered by Rose George, author of The Big Necessity, at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland March 23, 2010, sponsored by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.
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Yesterday, our Customer Service department launched its new online application for the summer sprinkling rate-saving program. View the form. The Sewer District has offered the summer sprinkling program since 1993 to benefit residential customers and, until now, only application cards have been use to process requests. The new online...
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Several tweets came across our “stormwater” feed over the last week discussing the City of Philadelphia’s $2 billion green-infrastructure stormwater control plan. … The news prompted a great Facebook question, asking whether our Regional Stormwater Management program would offer a “subsidy for green roofs,” similar to the credits we...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd Today, Trustees of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District voted to accept the recommendation to increase sewer rates effective January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2016. The dissenting votes were Parma Mayor Dean DePiero and Middleburg Heights Mayor Gary Starr. Sewer District bills are based on water consumption of...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd It’s changing, but don’t think of it as new and improved. See it as rebranded and expanded. This summer, the Sewer District‘s small business enterprise program, formerly known as SBE, is being rebranded the Business Opportunity Program with a wider focus on minority-owned, women-owned, and small businesses. “Our goal...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd During April and May, six public meetings provided customers opportunities to hear and react to the Sewer District’s proposed 2012-2016 rate schedule and new affordability program. More than 490 residents attended, and a summary report will be provided to District Trustees this week. The report summarizes the attendance figures,...
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The Greater Cleveland Partnership recently honored the Sewer District as member of its Commission 50 inaugural class, recognizing it as one of Northeast Ohio’s top organizations for Board, Senior Management, Workforce and Supplier Diversity. “We are taking steps to ensure a workplace that is diverse, inclusive and productive,” said...
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Hundreds of residents assembled at the Middleburg Heights Community Center last night for the fifth of six public meetings to present the Sewer District’s proposed 2012-2016 rate schedule. A 15-minute presentation was followed by more than one hour of questions from the audience, many regarding Federal funding, our proposed...
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A recent Facebook post raised a question from a resident regarding land use, specifically as it relates to vacant land and stormwater management. Last week, our Watershed Programs department took a few moments to explain what role the Sewer District might play in the future when it comes to...
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During Tuesday night’s Sewer District rate information public meeting in Cleveland, Alexandra was in the audience posting her comments on Twitter and directed one tweet at our @neorsd account after our speaker clarified that sewer rates are fees, not taxes: “WHADDAYA MEAN IT’S NOT A TAX?” The terms tax...
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