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Photo courtesy Drink Local. Drink Tap. Go ahead. Flush. Don’t think twice about it. Turn the tap. No big deal. Start the laundry, fill your tub, wash you hands, whatever. It’s just water. The simple fact that we can consider a precious resource and the complex system it takes...
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We manage more than 480 kilometers of sewer. These 5 may just be the most interesting. Our annual Clean Water Classic 5K is back for the third year and we’re opening the festivities to the public once again, promoting wellness and raising money for our Charity Choice campaign to...
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Interns spend a morning at Cleveland Metroparks Watershed Stewardship Center at West Creek. The District maintains partnerships with local organizations whose work to enhance quality of life in Northeast Ohio aligns with our own mission to protect water quality. By leveraging our partner resources, we broaden the public’s understanding...
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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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The Good Neighbor Program is all about connections, and Anthony takes them very seriously. The Good Neighbor Program and its ambassadors serve residents in communities affected by our large construction projects by providing employment opportunities and serving as a liaison between customers and project leaders. In this brief clip,...
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The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District was awarded three grants totaling $135,000 from The Cleveland Foundation to help further programs and green opportunities in the region. The funds will be used to enhance the Sewer District’s Good Neighbor Ambassador Program and the Doan Brook Stream Restoration Project. The grants...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd When one water professional calls out another water professional to a challenge based on buckets filled with the very essence of their work, the results are gonna be interesting. Cheers to DC Water‘s General Manager George Hawkins for accepting our director Ciaccia’s ice-bucket challenge as both men took the...
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If you’ve ever wondered… what the inside of a 288-acre wastewater treatment plant looks like, or what the five-kilometer course will be like for our Clean Water Classic 5K charity run/walk this weekend, or where you can listen to Bonnie Tyler’s Holding out for a hero to pump you...
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