Posted by Jared Shepherd Flip a rain garden 90 degrees and what could you get? Something both striking and functional. One beneficiary of the District’s Green Infrastructure Grant Program is the Striebinger Block building on West 29th Street in Ohio City. The 1919 building boasts a “living wall” that is fed by rainwater...
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The latest customized contraptions along the Cuyahoga River bulkheads were added this month to help provide habitat for migrating fish, and the elements used in this phase of the project might surprise you. Cuyahoga County Planning Commission, with the help of Biohabitats and the Regional Sewer District, installed the...
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“Cleveland is known across the country for its re-purposing vacant and abandoned properties for urban agriculture.” Those are the words of our Deputy Director of Watershed Programs Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells. And now, as this home-grown movement gets a boost from our green infrastructure program, a new urban ag project will...
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Green is the color of the St. Patrick’s Day holiday and the Chicago River that is dyed for celebration, but some colors come with questions. Especially when they’re not supposed to be there. Southerly Assistant Superintendent Kevin Zebrowski shared that oddly colored green water has come flowing into our...
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Image via clearpointresidencies.com This rendering of a Sri Lankan hotel that just got a green light for 2016 takes sustainability to a whole new level. Forty-six floors to be exact. A Fast Company feature described this project as a “living high rise covered in a forest,” inspired by a...
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A story posted today on cleveland.com asks the question, “Is there a cheaper, greener way” to prevent billions of gallons of sewage and stormwater from polluting Lake Erie? It’s the first in a series of articles set to look at the financial, green, and comparative aspects of our 25-year...
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Incinerating with sustainability in mind? Yes, you read that correctly. The Sewer District is nearing completion on its LEED-certified Renewable Energy Facility (or REF), the future energy-generating home of three new incinerators that will burn biosolids more efficiently with less resources. The new REF will be up and running...
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OK, it would be way too easy to make a J. Geils Band reference here when comparing romance to wastewater treatment, but there are far more similarities between cleaning sewage and finding that special someone than you may have expected. Here are a few. Don’t be afraid to confront...
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Sure, we’ve been recycling water since before recycling was cool, but in our line of work, don’t we have expectations to do even more when it comes to sustainability? We do. And we are. As a clean-water agency, part of our plan to become a regional environmental leader is...
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