GREEN: 1,000 acres, 30+ green projects to be identified by year’s end

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• September 23rd, 2011
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By December 31, an already environmentally focused Project Clean Lake will be eco-friendlier. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is nearing completion of its Green Infrastructure Feasibility Study, a requirement of its recent consent decree with the Federal government, that will identify priority areas to further reduce sewage overflows...

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EVENT: Catch-basin clean-out protocol will be topic at 10/4 meeting

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• September 20th, 2011
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On October 4, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District will host a meeting for service directors and businesses interested in learning more about discharge requirements as they relate to municipal catch basin cleaning. The meeting will be held at the Environmental and Maintenance Services Center, 4747 East 49th Street...

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PHOTO: Weather monitor will track Villa Angela trends

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• September 16th, 2011
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Wind speed, rainfall, wave height, temperature and more data will be collected soon using a new weather-monitoring station being installed at Wildwood Marina in Cleveland. A Sewer District maintenance crew was on site this morning attaching a solar-powered monitor to a 20-foot-tall pole positioned above the marina breakwall. The...

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SOCIAL: “I have no desire to Follow or Like my Sewer District.”

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• September 9th, 2011
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Hey, we get it. With so many sources of news, entertainment, sports, and services in your Twitter stream, Friends, and favorite Channels, one more from your local sewer utility seems unnecessary. But we’re here when you need us. This morning, our @neorsd Twitter stream came across two accounts making...

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STORMWATER: New round of proposed changes open for comment

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• September 6th, 2011
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Following its recent 30-day public comment period, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is proposing additional changes to Title V, the section of the District’s code addressing the Regional Stormwater Management Program, and is also proposing modifications to the related Stormwater Fee Credit Policy Manual. Both documents have been...

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VIDEO: A journey of 18,000 feet begins with a 45-foot hole

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• August 31st, 2011
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This brief video shows the current construction underway at the Sewer District‘s Euclid Creek Tunnel Nine Mile Creek work site. This 45-foot-wide access shaft will be the starting point for a tunnel boring machine that will drill the 24-foot-diameter route for the 18,000-foot-long tunnel project.

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UPDATE: Sewer maintenance crew at work

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• August 25th, 2011
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Water flows downhill, but sometimes gravity needs a little help. When a City of Cleveland pump station at Mary Avenue and W. 3 St. went down earlier this month, wastewater flow could not be properly routed to the Sewer District’s interceptor sewer responsible for carrying the flow to the...

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ALERT: Swimming advisory posted at Edgewater Beach

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• August 15th, 2011
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Today, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District posted a public advisory at Edgewater Beach; the advisory was posted as a result of a combined sewer overflow (CSO) event at the beach on August 14. LEARN MORE ABOUT COMBINED SEWERS: What is a CSO? This overflow discharged a combination of...

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Performance audit affirms new business practices are on target

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• July 28th, 2011
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Today, the Auditor of State released a performance audit for the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District which praised many business practices instituted since 2007 and recommended further improvements. The purpose of the audit, which was initiated by the Sewer District, was to examine practices instituted under Julius Ciaccia, who...

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District proposes changes to stormwater code as required by recent court ruling

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• July 25th, 2011
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The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is proposing modifications to Title V, the section of the District’s code addressing the Regional Stormwater Management Program. Download the proposed changes The District is proposing changes at Chapters 6, 8, and 10. Changes in Chapters 6 and 10 are required by...

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