UPDATE: Photos tell the story of Pepper Pike restoration following July 20 tornado

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Storm debris removed from Pepper Creek following July 20 tornado.All photos courtesy Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. What could have amounted to months of storm clean-up for the city of Pepper Pike became a collaborative stormwater-program success story in less than two weeks. On July 20, a tornado touched...

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PIC: Just your normal everyday swarm of bugs so thick you can see it on radar

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• June 20th, 2013
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Courtesy Ryan Wichman, WTOL Toledo This is not a thunderstorm warning. It’s not a weather alert or special report. It’s just bugs. Lots and lots…and lots…of (harmless, but yes annoying) bugs over Lake Erie near Toledo. @NotoriousWojo tweeted this image last night from Ryan Wichman of WTOL Toledo which...

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BREAKING! Sewer District is more cutting edge than major music awards show

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• June 6th, 2013
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Just caught this story over on Mashable about the CMT Music Awards generating social media buzz by using decals above urinals. That’s sooo yesterday. Livin on the edge rn #waittotweet twitpic.com/chsjig — Calla Bonanno (@hellocalla) April 7, 2013 Our #WaitToTweet decals at the Cleveland International Film Festival and Cleveland...

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RECAP: H2O my! World Water Day at the Greater Cleveland Aquarium

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• March 29th, 2013
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March 22 was World Water Day, an event to draw attention to water and sanitation issues around the globe. We were proud to help bring more than 300 students to the Greater Cleveland Aquarium, an educational event coordinated by Drink Local. Drink Tap. Here’s why, and here are some...

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LINK: To boldly go (to the bathroom) where no man has gone (to the bathroom) before

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• March 19th, 2013
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If you’ve ever wondered how astronauts do their business in space, the Smithsonian has the $50,000 facility on display. It’s easy to take our own toilet for granted, but when nature calls 230 miles above Earth, proper plumbing takes on an entirely new importance. And a much higher pricetag....

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PICS: Under construction, beyond cool

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• March 6th, 2013
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Last week, we toured the progress inside our $170 million Renewable Energy Facility. Here are some of the latest photos. The building houses equipment that will generate 25% of the plant’s electricity while conserving resources and reducing pollution. It is scheduled to go online this summer. One of three...

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PHOTO: Rub a dub dub, four men in a President’s tub?

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• February 18th, 2013
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Of the many fun facts and statistics surrounding the history of presidential plumbing and the White House, one of our favorites is the tale of President William Howard Taft’s bath tub. President Taft’s nickname was “Big Bill” for a reason. At a weight of 330 pounds, his facilities required...

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VIDEO: Dead fish near our treatment plant? It’s nature and temperature, not pollution.

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• February 11th, 2013
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Are we poisoning fish by releasing polluted water into the Cuyahoga River? Contrary to the YouTube video’s inaccurate captions above, we are not. We were alerted to this video today, a clip that was posted to YouTube January 31 with the title, “NEORSD sewage kills fish in Cuyahoga River.”...

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LIST: Top 7-and-a-half ways wastewater treatment is like a romantic relationship

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• February 8th, 2013
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OK, it would be way too easy to make a J. Geils Band reference here when comparing romance to wastewater treatment, but there are far more similarities between cleaning sewage and finding that special someone than you may have expected. Here are a few. Don’t be afraid to confront...

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PIC: Mackenzie will soon be looking up at Lake Erie

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• February 6th, 2013
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Mackenzie’s knocking on Lake Erie’s door. The tunnel boring machine that is digging our Euclid Creek Tunnel project—an 18,000-foot journey 200 feet under Cleveland’s east side—is named Mackenzie. And in a few short weeks, the bed of Lake Erie will be 160 feet above her head. The photo above...

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