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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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Plant operations and the wastewater treatment process are the focus of our latest issue of Clean Water Works, an award-winning technical magazine covering subjects relevant to the water industry. View it below or open the publication in a new window. RELATED: Don’t miss our online-only Web Extras: The facts...
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The sewer ball on a vintage postcard. Via delcampe.net Now that’s old school. Cleaning sewers in Paris in the 1870s literally required rolling giant balls of wood and iron through the tunnels. Atlas Obscura recently posted a story about the history of the world-famous sewer network under Paris, France,...
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Keep it simple. And use cartoons if possible. When explaining a difficult and often technical subject like toxic algae threatening the future of Lake Erie, simplicity goes a long way helping increase both awareness and understanding. Our hat’s off to Toledo Blade‘s Tom Henry for helping explain the problem...
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Collecting beach water quality samples at Villa Angela Beach in Cleveland. Since State Senator Randy Gardner and Representative Chris Redfern are hosting a special meeting of the Lake Erie Legislative Caucus this Friday—focusing on algae problems plaguing the lake and, most recently, the Toledo area’s drinking water—here are 5...
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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...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd A major contributor to toxic algae threatening Lake Erie is phosphorus, a key component of agricultural fertilizers and a building block of life itself. While most of it flows to the lake from stormwater runoff, wastewater plants must monitor and manage phosphorus as it makes its way through the...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd The blunt but apparently popular question—”Why does coffee make me poop?”—makes its round on common news and health websites. There seems to be agreement that caffeine and other substances from the brew do often get our colonic muscles going, generating a reaction in our bodies similar to eating a...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd While snapping some new aerial photographs for an upcoming publication, photographer J. Quinn let the video camera roll providing us some great footage of our largest treatment plant, Southerly in Cuyahoga Heights.
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Whether America is celebrating its founding fathers or its independence, we ask a question about one item most of us are quite dependent upon today: What were toilets like in 1776? To understand the privies of the day, it’s best to look at the entire state of sanitation overall...
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