TECH: Plant ops, sludge science among topics featured in 2014 tech journal “Clean Water Works”

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• October 1st, 2014
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Plant operations and the wastewater treatment process are the focus of our latest issue of Clean Water Works, an award-winning technical magazine covering subjects relevant to the water industry. View it below or open the publication in a new window. RELATED: Don’t miss our online-only Web Extras: The facts...

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WOW: “Wannabe photog” captures lightning strike, eerie shelf cloud over Lake Erie

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• September 11th, 2014
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When storms pop up over Lake Erie, our wastewater treatment plant operators are ready. It’s a bonus when someone has a camera ready, too. These amazing images were taken by one of our consultants from Brown & Caldwell by the name of Nick Bucurel. Nick is on-call at all...

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LIST: 7 ways back-to-school jitters are like treating wastewater

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• August 13th, 2014
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Parents, it’s that time of year again. And we can make a few connections between our work and your kids’ first-day jitters that you might not have expected. Class is in session. 1. Sure maybe it stinks, but where would you be without it? OK, the end of summer...

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VIDEO: Want to know how sewage plants manage algae-causing phosphorus? Here’s the only 1-minute video you need.

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• August 5th, 2014
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A major contributor to toxic algae threatening Lake Erie is phosphorus, a key component of agricultural fertilizers and a building block of life itself. While most of it flows to the lake from stormwater runoff, wastewater plants must monitor and manage phosphorus as it makes its way through the...

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VIDEO: Broken water main floods UCLA campus with 10 million gallons of water

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• July 30th, 2014
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When a 90+ year old water main broke under the campus of UCLA yesterday afternoon, spewing up to 10 million gallons of water in the air and down streets like waterfalls, it looked like this. USA Today reported that in some places, up to seven feet (!) of water...

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WATCH: Soar high above the beautiful complexity of the wastewater treatment process

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• July 16th, 2014
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While snapping some new aerial photographs for an upcoming publication, photographer J. Quinn let the video camera roll providing us some great footage of our largest treatment plant, Southerly in Cuyahoga Heights.

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HISTORY: What were toilets like in 1776?

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• July 1st, 2014
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Whether America is celebrating its founding fathers or its independence, we ask a question about one item most of us are quite dependent upon today: What were toilets like in 1776? To understand the privies of the day, it’s best to look at the entire state of sanitation overall...

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WEIRD: Making sense of the smells of wastewater treatment [#cwc5K]

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• June 13th, 2014
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If you thought the smell of victory was unique, you’ve never visited a wastewater treatment plant. Our Southerly Wastewater Treatment Center is hosting the Clean Water Classic 5K run/walk for charity this Saturday, so all of our guests will have a chance to smell both. It has raised some...

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LOOK: What a 5K course through a wastewater treatment plant looks like. #cwc5K

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• June 9th, 2014
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If you’ve ever wondered… what the inside of a 288-acre wastewater treatment plant looks like, or what the five-kilometer course will be like for our Clean Water Classic 5K charity run/walk this weekend, or where you can listen to Bonnie Tyler’s Holding out for a hero to pump you...

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VIDEO: “Stinks, too.”

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• June 7th, 2014
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Anthony Body has been with us for several months and he recently went on a wastewater treatment plant tour with his co-workers. He grabbed his phone when he got to the bar screens, large racks that catch all kinds of floating debris that sewers carry into our treatment plant....

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