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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LIST: 9 ways the movie Elf pretty much sums up any water lesson we could ever teach

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• December 7th, 2015
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The life lessons offered in Will Ferrell’s Elf are profound and unparalleled. In this holiday season, we invite you to reflect on nine specific clean-water insights only Buddy can convey.   A short shower is just as effective as a long one.  Everyone needs some alone time. Let your...

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HEALTH: 6 facts about #WorldToiletDay as told through emojis

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• November 17th, 2015
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November 19 is World Toilet Day, drawing attention to the sanitation and clean-water challenges that affect 1 of every 3 people on earth. The statistics bear this out, and the facts are worth talking about. Here are 6 ways to do so without words. One out of three people...

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#h2olloween LIST: 7 comic-book characters’ alter egos, and the water careers they could have had

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• October 30th, 2015
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Heroes of comic books and movies make for great costumes for all ages. But are they also indicators of career options? Captain America: The Winter Soldier filmed in Cleveland in 2013, and before the release, we spent time examining whether famous characters’ alter egos’ skill sets made them viable...

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ACTION: Start a movement. Join your voices and #RespectTheFlush

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• September 30th, 2015
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Give your drain the acclaim it deserves. Every time you flush a toilet, drain your sink, or pass a manhole cover along the curb, amazing unseen things are happening that protect public health and the environment. What can you do to show you #RespectTheFlush? To raise awareness of the...

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LIST: 3 things to know about yesterday’s #StormwaterProgram ruling

• Posted by Jared Shepherd
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• September 16th, 2015
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1. First things first, we are reviewing the ruling now.  Since yesterday’s decision, a lot needs to happen before the Regional Stormwater Management Program—suspended since September of 2013—gets back up and running. Our priority now is to review the official decision and determine a plan for reorganizing and re-implementing....

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LIST: 5 reasons mayflies are nothing like giant mutated man-eating ants

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• June 24th, 2015
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When meteorologist Mark Johnson posted a radar image yesterday of a cloud of mayflies swarming over Lake Erie, it was almost intimidating, like something you’d see in a B-movie trailer foretelling a fight scene between mutated bugs and a clan of outmatched but gutsy Clevelanders. One move that came...

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LIST: Flush or fiction? 5 of our favorite toilet bowl myths and legends

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• December 4th, 2014
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Handy wipes are flushable: False. They may say flushable on the package. They are common in bathrooms across the country. But because disposable wipes don’t break down in the sewer system like toilet paper does, they can clog a home’s plumbing and cause major issues in city treatment systems....

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LIST: 4 ways Hollywood is like (or not like) what we’ll see at our Supreme Court #OHstormwater hearing

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• September 4th, 2014
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Law & Order. The Good Wife. LA Law. Ally McBeal. How do the popular TV courtroom dramas stand up to an actual Ohio Supreme Court hearing? We’ll find out September 9 when the Sewer District argues its case for a Regional Stormwater Management Program. While it might not make...

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LIST: 7 ways back-to-school jitters are like treating wastewater

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• August 13th, 2014
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Parents, it’s that time of year again. And we can make a few connections between our work and your kids’ first-day jitters that you might not have expected. Class is in session. 1. Sure maybe it stinks, but where would you be without it? OK, the end of summer...

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