Environmental & Maintenance Services Center (EMSC)
4747 East 49th Street, Cuyahoga Heights, OH 44125 | (216) 641-6000
The Environmental and Maintenance Services Center (EMSC) houses the District’s Analytical Services, Sewer System Maintenance & Operations, Water Quality and Industrial Surveillance, Inventory Control, Building Maintenance, and Fleet Services departments. It is located in Cuyahoga Heights, adjacent to the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Center.
Analytical Services: Analyzes water, wastewater, industrial waste and surface water each year in one of the state’s largest laboratories.
Building Maintenance: Provides maintenance services to the various District building and facilities.
Fleet Services: Maintains District-owned vehicles, as well as gas and diesel powered equipment used in the plants and other pieces of motorized equipment.
Inventory Control: Stores, purchases, controls and delivers maintenance parts and supplies required for all of the NEORSD’s water pollution control facilities.
Sewer System Maintenance & Operation: Maintains and inspects hundreds of miles of interceptor sewers, fixed and automated regulators, rain gauges, and level and flow monitoring sites to minimize wet weather combined sewer overflows.
Stormwater Inspection & Maintenance: Conducts inspections along the regional stormwater system, keeps track of a stormwater asset’s condition, defines criticality and Business Exposure scores and identifies buildings and roads that may be affected by flooding, erosion or debris.
Systems Integration: Provides data analysis, quality assurance and data quality control functions for wastewater and stormwater assets.
Water Quality & Industrial Surveillance: Monitors and samples discharges into the wastewater system for more than 1,000 industrial users, and enforces USEPA’s pretreatment program regulations for industrial users.