JUST IN: Wally reinstated as official spokesdrop, Austin returns to back-up role

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• December 7th, 2015
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“Wally has shown he’s ready for this. We’re ready to move on and get back to work.” That was the official statement from the Sewer District this morning as their official spokesdrop Wally Waterdrop was reinstated as starting spokesdrop for the foreseeable future. “Austin did what he could this past weekend. He showed guts,” said ...

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NEWS: Back-up spokesdrop Austin named starter, Wally benched after party photos surface

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• December 2nd, 2015
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NEORSD spokesdrop Wally Waterdrop at an event with fans. Backup Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District spokesdrop Austin Waterdrop has been named starting spokesdrop for an “indefinite period of time” after photos of official spokesdrop Wally Waterdrop surfaced this week. “Austin has been a great member of our team,” said an anonymous NEORSD colleague. “We want ...

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PHOTOS: Where’s Wally? Austria. Sort of.

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• June 18th, 2012
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Former Sewer District summer student Robert Nedrich sent us a few photos of his time in Vienna, Austria. A true validation of the impact we had on Robert, he was quick to see the resemblance between a Vienna water treatment facility mascot and our own Wally Waterdrop, our official spokesdrop. Here is an example 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 ...

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Educational Resources For Kids

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 Coloring pages: Print your own! The urban water cycle: How does water flow in your neighborhood? How much water?!?: See how many times our treated water could fill a football stadium Around the world: Count the gallons we treat and how many times those bottles could circle the globe Wally Waterdrop’s Where Does It ...

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Printables and Handouts

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WHERE DOES IT GO? INFORMATIONAL NEWSPRINT Description: 12-page newsprint newsletter setting the stage for our “where does it go?” campaign. Provides readers with an answer to the question, and information about our work and its benefit to the region. 2009-2010 Edition: Download Available WALLY’S “WHERE DOES IT GO?” ACTIVITY BOOK AND DOWNLOADS Description: This 12-page ...

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NEWS: Green commitment in Cleveland’s Public Square renovation improves drainage, manages stormwater

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• October 2nd, 2014
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UPDATE 2015 03/09: It all begins today. Roads closed officially at 6:00 a.m. this morning. This story took a closer look at some of the green-infrastructure components of the work that will take shape under and on the surface of the Cleveland Public Square renovation scheduled for completion in 2016. On October 2, Northeast Ohio ...

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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 about phosphorus, and why Lake Erie ...

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NEWS: #WaitToTweet ’til you’re toilet-trained? iPotty voted worst toy of 2013

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• December 11th, 2013
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Photo courtesy Jezebel The votes are in: The worst of the worst toys of the year is the iPotty, an iPad holder built into your child’s potty-training seat. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood annually presents one unlucky winner with the TODAY (Toys Oppressive and Destructive to Young Children) Award, and the voters’ cases for ...

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LIST: 10 ways Buzzfeed lists have inspired us to, well, make more lists

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• October 23rd, 2013
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1. Lists give us a reason to post awesome photos. 2. And goofy gifs.   3. Wastewater treatment is a difficult process. Lists and graphics help us make things easier to understand. 4. Lists make great infographics. 5. Lists tell great stories. 6. Lists can help us connect topics that in any other circumstance would ...

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VIDEO: Follow the flow beyond the drain

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• October 2nd, 2013
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We have a few “Where does it go?” videos of our own, but this one from The Value of Water Coalition might be a new fave of ours. Our treatment process is very similar, but we provide a different method of disinfection. Still, Walter the Water Droplet and our own Wally Waterdrop‘s journeys have a ...

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LIST: 7 reasons Captain America and Hollywood would love seeing a wastewater treatment plant, you know, like ours

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• May 23rd, 2013
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If Captain America and Nick Fury need to adjust their Cleveland filming schedules anticipating rain this week and are suddenly faced with time to kill—I mean geez how much time can one spend in a commissary tent?—I’m just going to put this out there: We’d be happy to welcome them on a plant tour. I ...

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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 of the day’s photos. Students arrived ...

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VALENTINES DAY: You had me at h2o. #LoveCleanWater valentines we’d like to see.

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• February 14th, 2013
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If you want to send your own, check out our Wally Waterdrop’s Pinterest board. Or scroll to the bottom for a printable PDF. Or print your own! #LoveCleanWater printable valentines by Wally ...

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VIDEO: Flushable wipes maybe not so much

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• August 9th, 2012
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Are flushable wipes really flushable? Perhaps for convenience, but they are not without problems beyond the drain. Our friends at the National Association of Clean Water Agencies posted a link on their Facebook page about a city in Canada facing significant wastewater-treatment process issues because flushable diapers and wipes are not breaking down. The only ...

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EVENT: World Water Day march turns students’ attention to lake, resources

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• March 22nd, 2012
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Your Sewer District partnered with Drink Local. Drink Tap. along with the Cleveland Division of Water and other partners to help more than 200 local middle- and high-school students better understand the value of clean water and our own water resources. In celebration of World Water Day, DLDT coordinated a march from Cleveland City Hall ...

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Following, liking, and friending: NEORSD in social media

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• January 20th, 2011
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In the last year, the Sewer District has grown its social media presence to better serve its customers in Northeast Ohio. But how are we using the accounts and which ones have the news you need? Here’s a quick overview: @wallywaterdrop: Our spokesdrop Wally Waterdrop is an active tweeter, and he tweets news about the ...

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            For more information about or copies of these resources, contact us using the Support tab in the ...

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#SewerDebate: The 2016 election is about to go down the drain April 26, and for a good reason.

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• April 18th, 2016
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We want to make sewers great again. Our first-ever #SewerDebate will take place on Twitter all day Tuesday, April 26. You will be able to cast your votes in a series of Twitter polls throughout the day as we pose water and infrastructure questions about the four leading Presidential contenders. The questions will help us ...

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HOLIDAYS: The GIF that keeps on giving. Join our #h2oGIFexchange all season long.

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• November 30th, 2015
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December is upon us and we’re in a GIF-giving mood. Share your best water- or sanitation-related GIFs with us and we’ll post them here to see and share all holiday-season long. Tag us on Twitter with @neorsd or #h2oGIFexchange and share the clean-water meme love. What better way to show someone you care. About clean ...

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