NOTICE: Lakeshore Blvd. sewer project preparations underway

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• March 8th, 2012
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As part of the Euclid Creek Tunnel project, the Sewer District will be constructing the Lakeshore Boulevard Consolidation Sewer along Lakeshore Boulevard from the Easterly treatment plant to East 150th Street. The Lakeshore Boulevard Consolidation Sewer project will include the installation of monitors at the foundations of various residences...

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NOTICE: 24-hour construction in Garfield Heights to repair culvert, reduce pollution

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• February 24th, 2012
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Beginning the week of February 27 through the first week of April, Sewer District contractor Nerone & Sons, Inc. will work around the clock on a construction project at Wolf Creek near the intersection of Henry Street and Southern Avenue. The work will help reduce pollution by capturing more...

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STORMWATER: Court rules program can move forward, charge fee for services

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• February 16th, 2012
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On February 15, 2012, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Thomas J. Pokorny issued an opinion in the case of Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District vs. Bath Township, Ohio, et al. (CV-10-714945). This is the second ruling from Judge Pokorny reaffirming the Sewer District’s authority to implement a...

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QUESTION: What would you like to see?

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• January 31st, 2012
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Our monthly email blast—environotes—has been around for several years in several forms. First, it was a limited distribution print newsletter, then an email newsletter, and now a collection of the month’s social-media highlights from your Sewer District. At one time, we focused on public-officials news, then shifted to Sewer...

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RATES: Changes effective Jan. 1

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• December 28th, 2011
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On January 1, 2012, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s rates and billing structure is changing. Here is a summary to help you better understand the changes. No more minimum charge Before 2012, users were charged a for 1,000 cubic feet of water (1 MCF, or 7,480 gallons) of...

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BEST OF: Wally’s top tweets of 2011

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• December 16th, 2011
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When Wally Waterdrop posted his first tweet in 2009, we didn’t know how we might use Twitter, or Facebook, or YouTube for our customers’ benefit. Our top tweets reveal a few ways in which we hope our social media efforts made a difference. Check it out on Storify.

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ASK US: “I shut off my water. Why do I have sewer charges?”

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• December 7th, 2011
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Our Ask Us! page recently received the following email from a customer who spends several months a year out west: I spend the winter in Arizona. I shut my water off but I still have sewer charges. Is there any way of avoiding these charges since i’m not using...

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NEWS: New homepage focused on simplicity, sharing

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• October 27th, 2011
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Less scrolling, less searching, more sharing. That was the goal behind our recent neorsd.org homepage makeover, an in-house project to simplify our homepage content, better categorize our most popular pages, and promote the social resources our customers have come to appreciate. Customers and vendors are the site’s most frequent...

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SOCIAL: “I have no desire to Follow or Like my Sewer District.”

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• September 9th, 2011
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Hey, we get it. With so many sources of news, entertainment, sports, and services in your Twitter stream, Friends, and favorite Channels, one more from your local sewer utility seems unnecessary. But we’re here when you need us. This morning, our @neorsd Twitter stream came across two accounts making...

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ALERT: Swimming advisory posted at Edgewater Beach

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• August 15th, 2011
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Today, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District posted a public advisory at Edgewater Beach; the advisory was posted as a result of a combined sewer overflow (CSO) event at the beach on August 14. LEARN MORE ABOUT COMBINED SEWERS: What is a CSO? This overflow discharged a combination of...

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