NEWS: Back to the beach, Memorial Day weekend means daily water tests resume to keep beachgoers safe

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Local beaches will be active this summer, and not just with local swimmers. Starting Memorial Day weekend, Sewer District water-quality investigators will be testing beach water every day to keep you informed if you’re planning a day by the lake. This week, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District resumed...

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GREEN: Understanding the spectrum, our shade of green must be smart stormwater solutions [#neorsdGREEN]

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• May 20th, 2014
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The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District actively engages in GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE projects that promote smart stormwater solutions. Our smart stormwater solutions always consider the following four criteria:  COST As responsible stewards of our customers’ money, we take into account the cost vs. the benefits of different methods of stormwater...

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PIC: This is how quickly the Cuyahoga River surged during the May 12 downpour.

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• May 16th, 2014
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Well that escalated quickly. We’ve posted a few stories since the May 12 storm event that still has communities trying to clean up. Photo by George Remias, data via USGS stream gauge along Cuyahoga River in Independence, Ohio.

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UPDATE: Storm clean-up, costs, communities, and why a regional #StormwaterProgram is critical

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• May 16th, 2014
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Storm debris clogs the Cuyahoga River under Alexander Road in Valley View May 13, 2014. Could $20 million in inaccessible funds have helped local communities respond to storm damage following Northeast Ohio’s torrential downpour earlier this week? That’s a question we raised here May 13. Communities are facing storm...

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NEWS: Litigation hinders ability to assist communities hit by Monday’s storm [#StormwaterProgram]

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• May 13th, 2014
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A stream rack holds back storm debris near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport following a heavy rain event May 12. $20 million remains inaccessible in stormwater escrow Northeast Ohio communities are underwater from the storm that moved into the region on Monday night. Unfortunately, as a result of the Ohio...

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EVENT: Smells like victory. Run a 5K through one of the country’s largest wastewater treatment plants June 14

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• May 8th, 2014
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You’ve never run a 5K like this before. Join us June 14 for our second annual Cuyahoga River Clean Water Classic #CWC5K, a one-of-a-kind fundraising 5K run/walk through one of the largest wastewater treatment plants of its kind in the country, the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Center in Cuyahoga Heights....

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VIDEO: No, we do want you to see what we allegedly don’t want you to see.

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• May 7th, 2014
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What was recorded and posted to YouTube in the style of an exposé is actually a great educational resource to better understand pollution sources and their impacts on Lake Erie. YouTube user pmc291 recently posted this video to our Facebook page under a very ominous title, “NORSD NOT WHAT...

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LOOK: Wherever you are, look down. This could be happening under your feet right now.

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• April 22nd, 2014
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Next time you see a manhole in the street, think about the work it took to build the system beneath it. This picture from March helps tell some of that story. The huge scaffolding is 35 feet tall, erected 240 feet underground, and stands within an enormous cavern that...

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PIC: Two eggs you should be glad you didn’t get in your Easter basket

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• April 22nd, 2014
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Maybe the Easter bunny knows we work on holidays. Could these really be Easter eggs inside one of our treatment processes? Could they have survived the journey through the sewer system? Christen Wood snapped this pic at our Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant on Sunday. These are first-stage settling tanks...

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VIDEO: “Police of the underworld,” Vienna’s sewer brigade of 1934

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• April 18th, 2014
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The city of Vienna once had a police squad specifically trained for sewer patrols. This 1934 British newsreel showcases the “canal brigade” of Vienna, Austria, braving the bowels of the city, a common hiding place for criminals at the time. Most interesting to us was the squad’s frequency of...

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