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A recent survey shows 60% of Super Bowl viewers plan to use a mobile device while watching the big game. While we haven’t commissioned a “sur-vey” , our intuition tells us 100% of Super Bowl viewers also will either use the bathroom,...
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West Virginia’s water-contamination saga is shining the spotlight on water quality, regulations, contaminants and public health. Clean water is at the heart of our work, but our attention is commonly focused on the wastewater side of the water cycle. How do we monitor our treatment processes and the environment...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd OK, so Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has the best boat name ever. Since 2012, Milwaukee’s canals and rivers have been maintained with a skimming boat named the Lynyrd Skymmr. Lynyrd Skymmr. Worth noting today since it was on this day back in 1973 that Lynyrd Skynyrd played in Ohio,...
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Our first internally produced technical magazine has been recognized by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) as a 2014 National Environmental Achievement Award-winner. Clean Water Works was selected to receive this Public Information & Education honor thanks to its scientific content and contribution to public education regarding...
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The green you see is not pollution. But it can help identify pollution sources. When our Water Quality & Industrial Surveillance team is called in to find the source of a hazardous spill or an illegal discharge—like this one in Rocky River last year—the crew conducts dye testing like...
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We are proud to announce the publication of our new technical magazine, CleanWaterWorks. This annual magazine will give our own subject-matter experts the opportunity to explain the Sewer District’s work in greater detail. The inaugural 2013 issue focuses on beaches and features scientific articles written by our Analytical Services...
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Midges, mayflies, muckelheads, this can all be very confusing. And all of them can be very annoying. We’d like to help clarify a bit of the current bug conundrum. Let’s start here: There are midges (also known as muckleheads), and there are mayflies. They are different, but they’re both...
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Local beaches will be flowing with activity this summer, above and beyond the dog-paddling of local swimmers. On Monday, May 20, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District resumed daily testing at Edgewater, Villa Angela, and Euclid beaches to determine water quality as we prepare for the start of beach...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd Meet Hank. He’s a #blueheeler… Same color as me! Want to help @clevelandapl help PUPs? 216.566.PETS. #DogsCantFlush twitter.com/wallywaterdrop… — Spokesdrop, NEORSD (@wallywaterdrop) May 10, 2013 A group of Sewer District volunteers are taking calls at Q104’s and Cleveland APL’s Pledge For Pets Radiothon today, an event we’ve supported for...
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Those who fish for sport might consider this cheating. For us, it’s science. One of the exhibits we’ll have on display at Earth Day Coalition’s EarthFest 2013 at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds this Sunday will be our electrofishing boat. It’s a craft we use to stun fish with a...
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