Posted by Jared Shepherd Our consent decree, a 25-year agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce raw sewage discharges to the environment, was filed in US District Court today. The official agreement between the Sewer District, US Department of Justice, and EPA will be published in the Federal Register, but the publish...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd Our 2011 rate schedule goes into effect January 1. Customers will begin seeing the brief messages below on their bills in the coming months explaining those increases and our rate-saving programs. CLEVELAND AND SUBURBS (not including Berea, Cleveland Heights, or North Royalton) 2011 RATES: Beginning 1/1/2011 per MCF, Cleveland...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd The last 12 months have been filled with clean-water progress and projects that affect every one of our customers and one million Northeast Ohio residents. Here are just a few of our 2010 accomplishments: Trustees unanimously adopt stormwater program The year began with Trustees adopting the District’s stormwater management...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd The Sewer District’s 2011 rates, which take effect January 1, are the final phase of a multiple-year rate program approved by Trustees in 2008. A 2012-2016 rate study is nearing completion which will offer recommendations for rate adjustments and affordability programs early next year. Rate calculations are based on...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd Yesterday, the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) awarded the Sewer District’s Pick Up Poop! (PUP) campaign with its 2010 Public Information & Education Award for its “inventive efforts to educate the public on the effects of waste water treatment and pollution control on the environment.” The award...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd This evening’s SBE Opportunity Pipeline event has been canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date. Tomorrow night’s workshop remains on schedule, but any attendees are advised to check our SBE homepage for updates.
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd How will the recently passed consent decree affect sewer rates? Executive Director Julius Ciaccia appeared on this morning’s Lanigan & Malone radio show on WMJI 105.7 where he discussed that, addressing the environmental problem of combined sewers, and what’s next. Download: http://www.neorsd.org/images/682/wmji_ciaccia-2010-1206.mp3
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd We recognize that some Summer Sprinkling Program customers may not have received their discounts for the 2010 summer season. Last month, we mailed a letter to Summer Sprinkling Program customers to explain the issue and our response to the situation. If you received the letter in error, please disregard....
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd Today, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) Board of Trustees agreed to enter into a consent decree with the federal government, which details the long-term plan for reducing raw sewage overflows into the environment, by a 5-2 vote. Mayors Dean DePiero and Gary Starr cast dissenting votes. The...
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