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World Water Day is a celebration of the resource many of us take for granted and the work it takes to keep it clean. It’s worth celebrating in a special way this year—Cleveland’s Year of Clean Water—and there are three fun family opportunities to do so March 20-22. Enjoy...
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A winter wastewater wonderland? When the temps drop below freezing and the wastewater flowing through our treatment plants’ outdoor tanks is a near-constant 50ºF, the result is a whole lotta steam cascading across the plant landscape. Southerly Operator Christen Wood sent us a beautiful photo of the result. The...
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¯_(ツ)_/¯ RELATED STORIES: LIST: 5 of our favorite toilet bowl myths and legends HISTORY: Thank you, Seth Wheeler, for inventing perforated toilet paper LOOK: China has a waterfall made of toilet bowls. Because of course it does. TECH: Bath to the Future? Tomorrow’s bathrooms could feature smart fixtures
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Can you say “Don’t look down,” when you’re already 200 feet below the earth’s surface? Based on the photo shown here, um yes. This is the current state of construction of the Easterly Tunnel Dewatering Pump Station taking shape 240 feet under Bratenahl. Upon completion, this cavern will house...
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Road crews in Lafayette, Indiana, spent Thursday afternoon scraping fecal matter off the interstate. A tanker truck spilled, leaving excrement in a mound as deep as eight inches, spread across the exit ramp. But oh that wasn’t all. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the pooling excrement froze, causing...
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Lake Erie ice coverage almost at last year’s level (9 hundredths of a percent lower). I counted the cracks pic.twitter.com/CUByCneXxP — Scott Sabol (@ScottSabolFOX8) February 19, 2015 Nearly 98 percent of Lake Erie is ice-covered right now. We were recently asked, “Is there a relationship between the lake’s freezing...
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Related stories: VALENTINES: Print and send your own #LoveCleanWater valentines READ: Read our love letter to water PICS: I found love at a wastewater treatment plant WATCH: Catch all of our one-minute-or-less Quick Clips
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Chickasaw, formerly known as Jenni, rescued from Big Creek by our crews in 2012. Photo by George Uhl. Blogosphere, we have let you down. Apparently, February 9 was Alligators in the Sewers Day and we had no idea. For this, we’re sorry. The declaration was made five years ago...
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Development affects landscapes and how water interacts with the natural environment. In this series of aerial images from the Cleveland Metroparks and the West Creek Conservancy, you can see how urban development has reduced the amount of green space across the West Creek Watershed since 1951. Increasing hard surfaces...
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Our K9 Storm makes his Super Bowl XLIX prediction: Pats or Seahawks? It’s our latest #SewerBowl promotion. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook all weekend long leading up to and during the big game for the latest water and sewer stats about the Super Bowl. RELATED STORIES: EVENTS:...
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