NEWS: Sewer District, ODOT partner on green infrastructure to mitigate Opportunity Corridor’s stormwater impacts

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• March 21st, 2014
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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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GREEN: St. Patrick’s Day and 5 stories of green with Cuyahoga River connections

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• March 16th, 2014
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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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WEATHER: Why melting snow plus heavy rains equals flooding potential across Greater Cleveland

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• February 18th, 2014
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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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GREEN: 78 green infrastructure projects you might not realize are part of Cleveland’s present, future

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• January 24th, 2014
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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...

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PIC: Sweet home Milwaukee? Trash boat has best name ever.

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• December 10th, 2013
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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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PIC: Ask an engineer how a combined sewer works. Here’s what you get.

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• December 3rd, 2013
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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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VIDEO: Kids news program Newsdepth goes deep with Mackenzie, how sewers work

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• October 10th, 2013
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Mackenzie dug her way into hundreds of Ohio schools late last month. After our tunnel boring machine Mackenzie finished digging the 18,000-foot-long Euclid Creek Tunnel in August, she was brought to the surface piece by piece, and a school news program featured her accomplishment in September. The clip above...

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GREEN: Paving the way, but with less pavement

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• April 25th, 2013
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Consider it a two-for-one deal. One of our latest green projects is nearing completion in University Circle, a Courtyard by Marriott parking lot that will reduce stormwater runoff and cut sewer contributions by more than one million gallons per year. The work is a Project Clean Lake green-infrastructure project...

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FUNNY: Hastily made blog entry about Edgewater Beach and Mike Polk, Jr.

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• December 5th, 2012
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Based on this photo of comedian Mike Polk, Jr.’s date-night ideas, CSO might stand for a “Cleveland Saturday out.” UPDATE: The Plain Dealer’s Tipoff column shared this post with Mike, and we’re flattered he got a kick out of it. While his Cuyahoga County reference is misstated, the tour...

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TWEET: “We’re not that bad.” And getting better.

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• November 1st, 2012
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Our @WallyWaterdrop came across this tweet from Ohio Problems @Ohio_Probs late yesterday. It’s still getting RT’d today. In typical “Only In Cleveland” fashion, even Wally had a chuckle at this, but the sewage issue caught our attention. While our work can’t improve our baseball team’s standings or locals’ dietary...

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