VIDEO: Flushable wipes maybe not so much

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• August 9th, 2012
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Are flushable wipes really flushable? Perhaps for convenience, but they are not without problems beyond the drain. Our friends at the National Association of Clean Water Agencies posted a link on their Facebook page about a city in Canada facing significant wastewater-treatment process issues because flushable diapers and wipes...

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ARCHIVES: Drive-in was Southerly neighbor in 1960s

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• July 16th, 2012
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Image by Robert Frank, 1955. Our student assistant Stephanie Harris uncovered a great bit of nostalgia recently when she included the phrase “drive-in theater” in a story about our Southerly wastewater treatment plant in Cuyahoga Heights. That’s right. Our current plant’s footprint covers a space that used to be...

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Southerly treatment plant running, fully treating 3x normal daily flow

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• February 28th, 2011
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Although the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant was impacted earlier today by flooding, the WWTP continued to treat wastewater throughout the morning. The WWTP is currently providing full treatment at a rate of 360 million gallons per day (mgd) and providing partial treatment to at...

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Southerly wastewater treatment plant flooded by storm, snow melt

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• February 28th, 2011
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The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) is experiencing flooding and is limited in its capabilities to treat wastewater entering the plant. This morning’s flooding was caused by heavy rains compounded by snow melt and already-saturated grounds. The Southerly WWTP has experienced damage to buildings,...

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Treatment plant performance was top-notch in 2010

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• February 16th, 2011
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Greg Glover, Victor Chan, and Gerald Borling check the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) to monitor phosphorous levels in the wastewater. In 2010, each of the District’s treatment plants achieved 100% compliance with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits. It was the first year since 1999 that all...

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Impending snow storm means higher flow at plants. Eventually.

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• January 11th, 2011
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Heavy rainstorms can cause local stream flooding and erosion problems, as well as cause some older sewers to exceed their capacities. But in winter months, do blizzards like the one we anticipate this evening induce the same water-related issues? “Actually, the snow is just rain waiting to melt,” said...

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2010: From stormwater to sewage and everything in between

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• December 20th, 2010
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The last 12 months have been filled with clean-water progress and projects that affect every one of our customers and one million Northeast Ohio residents. Here are just a few of our 2010 accomplishments: Trustees unanimously adopt stormwater program The year began with Trustees adopting the District’s stormwater management...

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Renewable energy facility: “Whatever happened to…?”

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• November 15th, 2010
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Under the ever-so-catchy “Poo into power” headline, the Plain Dealer updated readers today with a status report on our Renewable energy facility (REF) that will turn waste heat into enough energy to power 25% of the plant’s electricity needs. Read the story.

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