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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LOOK: Mackenzie, now in pieces, awaits a resurrection

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• December 2nd, 2013
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It is finished. Mackenzie—the 1,500-ton tunnel boring machine that once spanned more than three football fields in total length—now rests in hundreds of pieces in the cold December Bratenahl air. Since finishing her three-mile journey digging the Euclid Creek Tunnel back in August, she has been meticulously disassembled and...

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AWARD: Euclid Creek Tunnel wins International Project of the Year award

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• November 21st, 2013
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We hope Mackenzie‘s getting her acceptance speech ready. Our Euclid Creek Tunnel project has earned the Tunnelling Association of Canada‘s 2013 International Project of the Year Award, and we’re honored, says Kellie Rotunno. “We’re very proud of this,” said Rotunno, Sewer District Director of Engineering and Construction. “It’s our...

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LOOK: Rock bottom, but the view’s better than you’d expect.

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• November 8th, 2013
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It’s more than just a hole. There’s a whole lot going on down here. This photo was taken recently from the bottom of the Euclid Creek Tunnel shaft 1 in Bratenahl. The photographer is standing 200 feet below the surface at the location where construction of the tunnel began...

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LOOK: “What are those cranes popping up over the trees along I-90?”

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• October 30th, 2013
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What’s all that work along I-90? Click for a larger view. (Image originally posted August 2013) Seeing underground work from the air gives huge projects a whole new perspective. When you see our cranes above treetops along I-90, you know work is happening but it’s tough to know what...

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LIST: 10 ways Buzzfeed lists have inspired us to, well, make more lists

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• October 23rd, 2013
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1. Lists give us a reason to post awesome photos. 2. And goofy gifs.   3. Wastewater treatment is a difficult process. Lists and graphics help us make things easier to understand. 4. Lists make great infographics. 5. Lists tell great stories. 6. Lists can help us connect topics...

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LOOK: Like some kind of futuristic dissection, photos tell the story of @MackenzieTBM’s disassembly

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• October 18th, 2013
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Today we received this amazing set of images that show our tunnel boring machine Mackenzie as she continues to be disassembled 200 feet underground. Last month, the 27-foot-tall Mackenzie finished digging the Euclid Creek Tunnel, a journey that spanned three miles under Cleveland and Lake Erie. The tunnel won’t...

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VIDEO: Kids news program Newsdepth goes deep with Mackenzie, how sewers work

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• October 10th, 2013
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Mackenzie dug her way into hundreds of Ohio schools late last month. After our tunnel boring machine Mackenzie finished digging the 18,000-foot-long Euclid Creek Tunnel in August, she was brought to the surface piece by piece, and a school news program featured her accomplishment in September. The clip above...

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