NEWS: $7.2 million to improve water quality by supporting local infrastructure investments

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• January 18th, 2017
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New program to fund community sewer projects that impact public health, environment @neorsd file photo Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Trustees recently awarded $7.2 million to 12 communities as part of the agency’s newly-launched Member Community Infrastructure Program (MCIP). The MCIP assists communities with local infrastructure improvements — including...

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WATCH: Kyle and Matt bring a serving of sewer science to @WCPN

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• January 9th, 2017
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Kyle and Matt served up a heaping helping of sewer science on today’s Sound of Ideas on WCPN. Deputy Director of Watershed Programs and soon-to-be CEO Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells and Watershed Team Leader Matt Scharver appeared with Mike McIntyre today to promote their Science Cafe presentation January 9. The event...

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PROFILE: “You’d think I just walked out with a PhD,” retiring Weeden remembers a proud day 30 years later

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• January 6th, 2017
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Ray Weeden, a Westerly Security Officer in 1987, displays his certificate of completion of Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation classes. If ever there was a story of someone working their way to the top, it’s Ray. Ray Weeden is nearing retirement as Director of Operation & Maintenance in February after...

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LIST: We found a can of soup at @neorsd HQ dated 2006. It’s older than these 13 things.

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• January 6th, 2017
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Campbell’s Chunky firehouse chili, oh how much you’ve missed. A colleague found this expired can of soup dated 2006 tucked in the back of our community kitchen at @neorsd headquarters. What has this forgotten spicy beef and bean chili missed in the last 11+ years? Two terms of President...

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NEWS: Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells to be appointed CEO, sees “opportunity to build upon successes”

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• January 6th, 2017
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Leadership, passion, commitment among words used to describe Dreyfuss-Wells as CEO Ciaccia prepares for February retirement Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells will be appointed Chief Executive Officer effective February 11. Dreyfuss-Wells will succeed Julius Ciaccia who, after more than nine years as CEO, will retire on February 10, 2017. Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells addresses...

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BUZZ: Where poo and pop culture collide, we are there. Watch Jessica take @BuzzFeed’s poo quiz.

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• December 5th, 2016
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As your trusted authority for all things poo and pop culture, we considered it an obligation. When BuzzFeed posted a “How poo obsessed are you?” quiz, we wondered—based on our areas of expertise—exactly how we’d fare in the final tally. We believed it would be irresponsible of us not...

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NEWS: “Animal rescued from drain pipe” are the feel-good stories you need right now

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• December 1st, 2016
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In a world of chaos, discord, and debate, saving animals from precarious situations make even the most hardened of hearts feel a tinge of sentimentality. Recent weeks have seen an uptick of news stories focused on animals being rescued from danger, specifically sewer and drain-pipe rescues that draw a...

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WATCH: Reading Rainbow’s visit to a sewage treatment plant reminds us how awesome LeVar Burton is

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• November 28th, 2016
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If you watched Reading Rainbow as a kid, or if you’re still tuned in to today’s incarnation of the PBS classic, then this episode proves the theme song’s line, “I can go anywhere.” Host LaVar Burton takes a trip to and through a wastewater treatment plant. And while some...

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NEWS: “I can happily announce my intent to retire,” CEO Ciaccia to leave a clean-water legacy

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• October 20th, 2016
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Ciaccia has served the Sewer District since 2007. Julius Ciaccia, Jr., has announced his intent to retire from the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, effective this coming January. Ciaccia has led the organization since 2007. Ciaccia joined the Sewer District following a 30-year tenure with the City of Cleveland,...

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WEATHER: Do Great Lakes have storm surges?

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• October 7th, 2016
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Storm clouds move across Lake Erie behind our Westerly Wastewater Treatment Plant. Nick Bucurel. When waterborne natural disasters like Hurricane Matthew affect the coasts, one of the biggest threats is not the wind. It’s the storm surge. The surge is the dramatic rise of sea levels and wave height...

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