SOURCES: Latest tunnel construction project to be powered by giant hamster wheel. Or not.

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• September 12th, 2014
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Not an Onion headline, just fun with an already great photo. When our Director of Engineering & Construction Kellie Rotunno tweeted her original pic earlier in the week, posting progress on our enormous Euclid Creek Tunnel project, it got our wheels spinning. Wholly ring beams batman! Check out this...

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GREEN: Understanding the spectrum, our shade of green must be smart stormwater solutions [#neorsdGREEN]

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• May 20th, 2014
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The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District actively engages in GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE projects that promote smart stormwater solutions. Our smart stormwater solutions always consider the following four criteria:  COST As responsible stewards of our customers’ money, we take into account the cost vs. the benefits of different methods of stormwater...

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LOOK: Wherever you are, look down. This could be happening under your feet right now.

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• April 22nd, 2014
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Next time you see a manhole in the street, think about the work it took to build the system beneath it. This picture from March helps tell some of that story. The huge scaffolding is 35 feet tall, erected 240 feet underground, and stands within an enormous cavern that...

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NEWS: Multi-year project will expand treatment capacity by 70 million gallons

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• March 19th, 2014
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In 2013, Lakeshore Boulevard residents and passers-by witnessed a significant amount of construction activity related to our Project Clean Lake consent decree. The commotion will not end anytime soon. Several new projects at Easterly begin this month, “as soon as the weather breaks,” according to Construction Program Manager Doug...

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QUIZ: Which tunnel boring machine are you?

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• March 14th, 2014
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So Buzzfeed won’t create our buzzquiz ideas. No biggie. We made our own. Just scroll down and click “Let’s Play!” to get started.

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PHOTO: Safety first, top hats are a priority.

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• March 6th, 2014
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Quite dapper for a sewer tunnel tour, no? These gents were friends of English civil engineer Joseph Bazalgette attending a tour of the main drainage works of his new London Sewage System in 1862. Tours of anything similar today are accompanied by hard hats rather than top hats, but...

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INSIGHT: The past, present and future of Project Clean Lake’s “green alternatives”

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• February 26th, 2014
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Gray, green, or in between? For us, that’s an important question. cleveland.com has been presenting a series of articles focused on Project Clean Lake, our 25-year $3 billion plan to reduced combined sewer overflow pollution. The stories have covered the agreement’s history and raised questions about “green alternatives” we...

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NEWS: “Is there a cheaper, greener way?” Let’s take a look. #neorsdGREEN

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• February 19th, 2014
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A story posted today on cleveland.com asks the question, “Is there a cheaper, greener way” to prevent billions of gallons of sewage and stormwater from polluting Lake Erie? It’s the first in a series of articles set to look at the financial, green, and comparative aspects of our 25-year...

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NEWS: Boring hasn’t been this exciting for a long time as Mackenzie breaks through

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• August 22nd, 2013
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At 1:27 a.m. Wednesday, Mackenzie saw a light she hadn’t seen in more than a year. Mackenzie, the 1,500-ton tunnel boring machine drilling the three-mile-long Euclid Creek Tunnel 200 feet under Cleveland, broke through the shale at shaft 5, marking the end of her boring—but very exciting—journey. While the...

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TRAFFIC NOTICE: Sewer project to close St. Clair Avenue for 90 days starting Aug. 13

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• August 9th, 2013
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Construction of the Euclid Creek Tunnel will impact eastbound and westbound traffic along St. Clair Avenue near East 185 St. beginning next week. St. Clair Ave. between East 185 St. and Neff Rd. will be closed to through traffic—eastbound and westbound—beginning Tuesday, August 13 for 90 days. This closure...

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