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Today, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District released details of its ongoing negotiations with the Environmental Protection Agency regarding its $3 billion plan to reduce raw sewage discharges to the environment. Known as a consent decree, the draft agreement outlines specific projects and milestones that will reduce those discharges...

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Director of Engineering & Construction Kellie Rotunno and Director of Watershed Programs Frank Greenland spoke to a crowd of 25 residents at last night’s “Why are my rates going up?” public meeting at Maple Heights regional library. Meetings resume Tuesday, November 16 at the Gunning Park Rec Center on...

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Today, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees released a statement expressing its disappointment with fellow Board member Mayor Gary Starr’s press conference (held without the Board’s knowledge), in which he expressed his personal views rather than follow the public process observed by the entire Board. The...

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Approximately 25 guests attended Monday’s public meeting in Hudson, the Sewer District’s second in a series of six meetings intended to inform customers of upcoming projects and rate implications. Tonight’s meeting is scheduled for the Maple Heights Library at 7:00. You can learn more about our efforts to reduce...

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This video was taken in Brooklyn, NY after a storm, and is a disturbing example of how combined sewers function during heavy rains, discharging huge amounts of sewage to the environment. The Sewer District has reduced the number of these kinds of discharges in Northeast Ohio, but the problem...

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Combined sewers are at the heart of Cleveland’s sewer history. How were huge pipes designed to divert sewage and stormwater directly to nearby waterways ever considered a good idea? and why are they still in use today? As heard on a recent WCPN 90.3 interview, Director of Watershed Programs...

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