Posted by John Gonzalez Study says Lake Erie’s outlook is more grim than great, but details show importance of work underway in fight for better future If you are as concerned about the future of Lake Erie as we are, you may be alarmed by headlines surrounding this week’s international report on the...
Read More Posted by John Gonzalez Before swimmers head out for a day at the beach, we’ll be heading out for data at the beach every morning this summer to help keep you safe. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District has resumed daily water-quality testing at Edgewater, Villa Angela and Euclid Beaches in Cleveland to...
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Posted by Jared Shepherd 
Life as a caddisfly larva can’t be easy. Often found in fast-moving shallow streams with clean water and high levels of oxygen, much of their bodies as larvae are soft and unprotected, leaving them vulnerable to predators. To survive, they’ve evolved to secrete a waterproof glue that binds small...
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For all you The Walking Dead fans out there, you may be surprised to see a similarity between this AMC franchise and the science of water quality. We introduce you to the Are-you-kidding-me?-Is-that-thing-still-alive?!? water bear, also known as the tardigrade. These microscopic buggers are known for their ability to...
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Chicago can have its green river. Water Quality and Industrial Surveillance Investigator Kelsey Amidon shows us how we go green (green dye, actually) to protect water quality. Fluorescent dye helps our investigators trace the source and destination of flows in our streams and sewers, and the glowing-green dye is...
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We’re hosting our first-ever Sewer University (SewerU) presentation to a capacity crowd of nearly 120 guests on November 10, and if you haven’t registered, you’ll be able to follow the discussion on Twitter @neorsd #SewerU. The goal is to bring the underground and often misunderstood sewer network and its...
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The latest customized contraptions along the Cuyahoga River bulkheads were added this month to help provide habitat for migrating fish, and the elements used in this phase of the project might surprise you. Cuyahoga County Planning Commission, with the help of Biohabitats and the Regional Sewer District, installed the...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd The melodious tones of James Earl Jones’ golden pipes grace the narration track of this Cuyahoga River documentary from 1978. This clip features JEJ reading text from an infamous Time Magazine article that followed the 1969 river fire. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s); if (d.getElementById(id))...
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VIEW THE SLIDEDECK. If you missed it, you can register for our next SewerU January 26. All participants graduate sewer cum laude with a Business major and a minor in puns. Have you ever wondered where “it” goes in Northeast Ohio? If so, register for our first ever Sewer...
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It’s not the first permeable-pavers project we’ve supported, but it’s the first time we’ve had a truck dump a tank-load of water on one for a video. The Cleveland History Center at the Western Reserve Historical Society recently completed a renovation of its parking lot with the support of...
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