#SewerBowl: Because we know the biggest games are won in the trenches.

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• January 19th, 2016
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Game on, football fans. For the fourth straight year, water and sewer infrastructure will take the field during the Super Bowl as we cover some of the unexpected #SewerBowl stats and stories from our accounts. From the beverages consumed to the systems that take it away from your homes...

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HISTORY: This viral list of 1915 facts is full of lies. Except the ones about water.

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• December 31st, 2015
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Turns out this viral list of 1915 “facts” rounding out 2015 is actually a fake, filled with untruths and misleading statements. But FWIW, it turns out the few about water are indeed true. Gizmodo’s Factually posted a breakdown of the list, a graphic that has made its internet rounds...

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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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LOOK: What happens one hour after drinking one glass of tap water

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• July 31st, 2015
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The possible health effects of a can of soda have been blogged and tweeted about for a long time, most recently in an infographic that made its rounds this week. How your body responds to a glass of tap water? Perhaps even more shocking. View full size.

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#ALLinCLE: How an NBA Finals game and stormwater management are painfully similar

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• June 12th, 2015
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Not concerned. Have you heard about our Stormwater Management Program? @matthewdelly @kingjames #ALLinCLE @SFWater pic.twitter.com/xdkcm57dVq — NE Oh Regional Sewer (@neorsd) June 12, 2015 What began as a tongue-in-cheek exchange between utilities in the heat of their cities’ NBA Finals battle shed light on odd similarities between basketball and...

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SUMMER: Ready for beach season? So are we, Mass Spectrometer and all.

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• May 4th, 2015
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How new technology and capabilities will help us identify toxic algae in Lake Erie using a recently approved EPA method; Sewer District is the first agency to offer these capabilities in Ohio Consider this the summer of science. As our daily beach water-quality testing and notification is set to...

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SUPER BOWL: From football to flush, #SewerBowl stats will have you covered again this year

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• January 16th, 2015
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We’re covering the big game from the ground up. For the second straight year, our #SewerBowl team will talk about the infrastructure and sewer news related to the Super Bowl to make connections to the services many Americans take for granted. RELATED STORIES MYTHS? 5 of our favorite toilet...

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TECH: The movement behind the poop emoji, or Why talking #2 should be less taboo

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• November 20th, 2014
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I never realized the emoji had such a history. Then again, many could say the same thing about the work it takes to get the out of wastewater: I never realized it had such a history. Fast Company recently recounted how emojis—the tiny graphics that have become staples of...

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#CIFF38: Silence your phones during the movie, and don’t tweet from the bathroom.

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• March 19th, 2014
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@CIFF @wallywaterdrop gr8 partnerships yield gr8 results (& dry phones) Ty @neorsd for sponsoring gr8est film fest pic.twitter.com/v7VvJwSDL5 — joecimperman (@joecimperman) April 11, 2013 The Cleveland International Film Festival returns today, and with 93,000+ admissions last year, we know all sorts of eyes will be focused on our city—and...

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SUPER BOWL: How does infrastructure play into the Big Game? #SewerBowl will live-tweet the flow facts

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• January 28th, 2014
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A recent survey shows 60% of Super Bowl viewers plan to use a mobile device while watching the big game. While we haven’t commissioned a “sur-vey” , our intuition tells us 100% of Super Bowl viewers also will either use the bathroom,...

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