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We want to make sewers great again. Our first-ever #SewerDebate will take place on Twitter all day Tuesday, April 26. You will be able to cast your votes in a series of Twitter polls throughout the day as we pose water and infrastructure questions about the four leading Presidential...
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Three issues are critical to the future of clean water systems, Sewer District fully supports Value of Water Coalition guidelines for sustainable future If Charleston and Toledo were water-quality wake-up calls, Flint is the living nightmare for residents, officials, and the entire country. The 2014 Elk River chemical spill...
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Game on, football fans. For the fourth straight year, water and sewer infrastructure will take the field during the Super Bowl as we cover some of the unexpected #SewerBowl stats and stories from our accounts. From the beverages consumed to the systems that take it away from your homes...
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President Obama greets guests at The City Club Of Cleveland in March 2015. J. Ciaccia President Obama will present his final State of the Union address Tuesday night. In addition to big-picture “reaching for the stars” commentary, could he also note the importance of reaching underground? Infrastructure was a...
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The Value of Water reports each of us use more than 100 gallons of water in a single day. Where does it come from, and where does it go? and what would it be like if the resources or the systems that make it possible didn’t exist? This month’s...
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The best way to drink responsibly is to drink water, and lots of it. So while Rolling Stone Magazine and many others have gotten attention for their #GOPdebate “drinking games” in advance of Cleveland’s event tonight, we recommend the following: A drinking water game about water. When a candidate...
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Senator Marco Rubio sips water during the GOP response to the 2013 State of the Union address. We don’t often talk politics. We talk water. But with the first 2016 Republican Debate taking place this Thursday right here in Cleveland, hey let’s talk both. Water could very well take...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd The possible health effects of a can of soda have been blogged and tweeted about for a long time, most recently in an infographic that made its rounds this week. How your body responds to a glass of tap water? Perhaps even more shocking. View full size.
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“Go with the flow” has a meaning of its own. “Follow the flow” is going to get a little more interesting. May 11-15 marks the third year for Infrastructure Week, a national celebration of country’s infrastructure systems and the essential role they play in our economy. To celebrate Infrastructure...
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Even for sewer professionals who spend their careers underground, there are countless unknowns lurking in the sewer system. Dangers are just as common. As a Buffalo, NY news crew covers an underground fire, an explosion underground sends a manhole cover flying. Weighing in at least 100 pounds, it gives...
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