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Three significant items were discussed at today’s Board of Trustees meeting, all of which showed signs of big things to come. Our regional stormwater management program language, known as Title V was approved by Trustees with plans to implement the program beginning in...
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Today, the Auditor of State released a performance audit for the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District which praised many business practices instituted since 2007 and recommended further improvements. The purpose of the audit, which was initiated by the Sewer District, was to examine practices instituted under Julius Ciaccia, who...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd Today, Trustees of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District voted to accept the recommendation to increase sewer rates effective January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2016. The dissenting votes were Parma Mayor Dean DePiero and Middleburg Heights Mayor Gary Starr. Sewer District bills are based on water consumption of...
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Yesterday, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Thomas J. Pokorny ruled that Chapter 6119 of the Ohio Revised Code gives the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District the authority to implement the large majority of its Stormwater Management Program. “The Court has reaffirmed what we have always known, that...
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In its announcement to promote the use of green infrastructure for environmental and economic benefits, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s program was listed a model for other municipalities around the country. Nine other communities across the country also were mentioned by US EPA as leaders in this field....
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) is experiencing flooding and is limited in its capabilities to treat wastewater entering the plant. This morning’s flooding was caused by heavy rains compounded by snow melt and already-saturated grounds. The Southerly WWTP has experienced damage to buildings,...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd From Executive Director Julius Ciaccia | Today, an article appeared in The Plain Dealer about allegations of bid-rigging in the salt industry that cost the State of Ohio and municipalities millions. Several radio stations already picked up the story, and I’m sure TV will as well. If you read...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd The Sewer District’s combined sewer overflow (CSO) long-term control plan consent decree, a 25-year agreement with the Federal government to reduce sewage discharges to the environment, was posted in the Federal Register today, beginning the 30-day public-comment period. Here are the instructions for making comments, and the comment period...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd How will the recently passed consent decree affect sewer rates? Executive Director Julius Ciaccia appeared on this morning’s Lanigan & Malone radio show on WMJI 105.7 where he discussed that, addressing the environmental problem of combined sewers, and what’s next. Download: http://www.neorsd.org/images/682/wmji_ciaccia-2010-1206.mp3
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