NEWS: “Is there a cheaper, greener way?” Let’s take a look. #neorsdGREEN

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• February 19th, 2014
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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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TECH: Bath to the Future? Gadgets of 2030 could include smart bathroom fixtures

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• February 6th, 2014
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Great scott, this is heavy: The bathroom may become the new frontier of health-meets-household-technology over the next 16 years. That’s the prediction of Forum, one UK nonprofit which recently envisioned what kind of products consumers will yearn for in the year 2030. Several of the concepts shared by Fast...

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GREEN: Our Project Clean Lake agreement was groundbreaking, and here are 7 reasons why.

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• January 30th, 2014
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Project Clean Lake was a groundbreaking agreement in 2010 when we signed it, making our 25-year program to reduce pollution in Lake Erie official. A lot has happened in the last four years and our consent decree is still a groundbreaking agreement for the region and clean-water agencies across...

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GREEN: 78 green infrastructure projects you might not realize are part of Cleveland’s present, future

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• January 24th, 2014
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If you run in sustainability circles nowadays, it’s a phrase you hear a lot: Green infrastructure, green infrastructure, green infrastructure. But in Cleveland, you might not be aware of just how many green infrastructure projects are planned or under construction right now in the Cleveland area. Seventy-eight, to be...

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EVENT: Sewer District to solicit public input for Slavic Village project

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• August 30th, 2013
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What will “green” mean on Fleet Avenue? We’ll talk about it September 11. On Wednesday, September 11, at 6 p.m., the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District will host a meeting for Slavic Village residents and business owners to discuss a new green infrastructure project, the Fleet Avenue Green Infrastructure...

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RADIO: I’m not sure we can use that in a headline.

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• June 28th, 2012
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The phrase “t_rd reduction” might be awkward in a headline, but it’s the way yesterday’s beach report and our efforts to monitor and improve water quality came up in drive-time talk radio yesterday. Hear for yourself: WMMS’s Alan Cox Show spent a few segments on the topic yesterday afternoon....

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NEWS: Green infrastructure projects will sprout in 2012

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• December 29th, 2011
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As part of its plan to reduce the amount raw sewage entering local waterways, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District submitted its green infrastructure plan to the United States Environmental Protection Agency yesterday. The plan is a component of the Project Clean Lake consent decree signed between the...

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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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Question: Green roofs in Philly, so how about Cleveland?

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• June 6th, 2011
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Several tweets came across our “stormwater” feed over the last week discussing the City of Philadelphia’s $2 billion green-infrastructure stormwater control plan. … The news prompted a great Facebook question, asking whether our Regional Stormwater Management program would offer a “subsidy for green roofs,” similar to the credits we...

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Trustees approve sewer rate increase for 2012-2016

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• June 2nd, 2011
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Today, Trustees of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District voted to accept the recommendation to increase sewer rates effective January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2016. The dissenting votes were Parma Mayor Dean DePiero and Middleburg Heights Mayor Gary Starr. Sewer District bills are based on water consumption of...

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