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What was recorded and posted to YouTube in the style of an exposé is actually a great educational resource to better understand pollution sources and their impacts on Lake Erie. YouTube user pmc291 recently posted this video to our Facebook page under a very ominous title, “NORSD NOT WHAT...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd Image via anywheresports.com Maybe they should move the tarp from the field in Oakland into the clubhouse bathrooms. In an endless flow of opportunities to connect clean-water news to current events, today we take you to Oakland, California where the Cleveland Indians will open the 2014 season against the...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd As the country has turned its attention to green solutions to infrastructure challenges in recent years, there are cities and regions whose green work is already underway and blazing a trail others can follow. In a new document released by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Northeast Ohio is...
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This 8-minute video by EarthEcho International—featuring underground construction and a kayaking expedition into the bowels of a combined sewer—highlights the water-quality challenges of Washington, DC and what DC Water is doing about it. Why is it relevant to Cleveland? It’s a tale that reflects the same obstacles and solutions...
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Agreement with ODOT to provide Sewer District with $650,000 to fund green infrastructure projects throughout Doan Brook, nearby watersheds A groundbreaking agreement between the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District and the Ohio Department of Transportation will fund hundreds of thousands of dollars in green infrastructure grants to address stormwater...
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Our mighty Cuyahoga has never received the full Chicago River green-dye treatment, but it has some green tales to tell. Here are five interesting stories you may not have heard. 5. The Cuyahoga River was dyed green in 2008. Mysteriously. In January of that year, the City of Akron...
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With inches of snow still on the ground and warming conditions and rain in the forecast, the combination has potential to increase flooding risks across Greater Cleveland. In preparation for upcoming wet weather events, we want customers and residents know how and why wet-weather events impact our region’s sewer...
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If you run in sustainability circles nowadays, it’s a phrase you hear a lot: Green infrastructure, green infrastructure, green infrastructure. But in Cleveland, you might not be aware of just how many green infrastructure projects are planned or under construction right now in the Cleveland area. Seventy-eight, to be...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd OK, so Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has the best boat name ever. Since 2012, Milwaukee’s canals and rivers have been maintained with a skimming boat named the Lynyrd Skymmr. Lynyrd Skymmr. Worth noting today since it was on this day back in 1973 that Lynyrd Skynyrd played in Ohio,...
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“It’s a little messy around the edges,” Joe said, referring to his sketch of a combined sewer regulator. I would have described it as intricate, then again, I’m not Joe. Joe Jira is a Geographic Information System Analyst in our Engineering department, and Analyst doesn’t give his enthusiasm for...
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