BREAKING: Motion for reconsideration of #StormwaterProgram ruling is denied, Supreme Court says program can proceed

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• December 2nd, 2015
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Today, the Ohio Supreme Court denied motions from the cities of Brecksville, Strongsville, Independence, Lyndhurst and Beachwood, as well as the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants, to reconsider the Court’s prior ruling in favor of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. The Court’s prior decision is final and authorizes...

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HOLIDAYS: The GIF that keeps on giving. Join our #h2oGIFexchange all season long.

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• November 30th, 2015
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December is upon us and we’re in a GIF-giving mood. Share your best water- or sanitation-related GIFs with us and we’ll post them here to see and share all holiday-season long. Tag us on Twitter with @neorsd or #h2oGIFexchange and share the clean-water meme love. What better way to...

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VIDEO: @Sewer_Chic’s report from our Southerly plant shows there are no holidays off

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• November 27th, 2015
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Your toilet can’t take an extended holiday. Which is one of many reasons our shift workers like Christen don’t either. Christen Wood is an Operator at our Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant and she was working on Thanksgiving with a number of her colleagues. She sent us this video after...

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DIY: How to protect your plumbing in style when entertaining holiday houseguests

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• November 19th, 2015
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Some people have a habit of flushing things they shouldn’t flush: Disposable wipes, paper towels, wrappers, cotton swabs, and a whole lot more. And when you’re entertaining guests this holiday season, if you don’t know their habits, they might be flushing something in your bathroom that could cause a...

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HEALTH: 6 facts about #WorldToiletDay as told through emojis

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• November 17th, 2015
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November 19 is World Toilet Day, drawing attention to the sanitation and clean-water challenges that affect 1 of every 3 people on earth. The statistics bear this out, and the facts are worth talking about. Here are 6 ways to do so without words. One out of three people...

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WATCH: “We expected 9. It was actually 10.5,” and more facts about Lake Erie algae in 2015

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• November 12th, 2015
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“We expected this year’s bloom to be a 9 (out of 10). It was actually a 10.5.” That was how Jeffery Reutter, Ph.D. introduced his November 11 City Club presentation on Lake Erie’s hazardous algal blooms, a challenge that has affected water quality in recent years. But a mystery...

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LIST: 5 things you’ll learn following our #SewerU November 10

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• November 5th, 2015
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We’re hosting our first-ever Sewer University (SewerU) presentation to a capacity crowd of nearly 120 guests on November 10, and if you haven’t registered, you’ll be able to follow the discussion on Twitter @neorsd #SewerU. The goal is to bring the underground and often misunderstood sewer network and its...

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RIVER: Branches, bristles, and balls baskets built for better bulkheads

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• October 30th, 2015
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The latest customized contraptions along the Cuyahoga River bulkheads were added this month to help provide habitat for migrating fish, and the elements used in this phase of the project might surprise you. Cuyahoga County Planning Commission, with the help of Biohabitats and the Regional Sewer District, installed the...

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#h2olloween LIST: 7 comic-book characters’ alter egos, and the water careers they could have had

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• October 30th, 2015
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Heroes of comic books and movies make for great costumes for all ages. But are they also indicators of career options? Captain America: The Winter Soldier filmed in Cleveland in 2013, and before the release, we spent time examining whether famous characters’ alter egos’ skill sets made them viable...

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#TBT: Yes, THAT James Earl Jones narrated this 1978 documentary about the Cuyahoga River

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• October 29th, 2015
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The melodious tones of James Earl Jones’ golden pipes grace the narration track of this Cuyahoga River documentary from 1978. This clip features JEJ reading text from an infamous Time Magazine article that followed the 1969 river fire. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s); if (d.getElementById(id))...

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