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Cleveland's Hidden Streams: An Interview with Dr. Roy Larick (Pt. 1) Oct 18, 2022

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"Working with rain is better than fighting it."
Dr. Roy Larick is an archaeologist who investigates the weave of natural and human forces in building inner-ring urban landscapes. In Part 1 of our interview, Dr. Larick discusses his work to identify buried ravines under Cleveland and show how some flooding issues could be remedied by reconnecting to those stream systems. We talk about old maps and more modern methods of discovery, and Dr. Larick shares a brief history of Kingsbury Run and the Sidaway Bridge.
Read more:
Here's a 2019 Plain Dealer feature on Dr. Larick.
Here's a Cleveland Historical Society feature on the Sidaway Bridge.

Help close to home: How we plan projects, help neighbors, and see the future Oct 04, 2022

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Project Engineer Christine Umerley works in the planning group of the Sewer District's Engineering & Construction department. She explains how the District plans for future projects and her own involvement helping neighborhoods through the Local Sewer System Evaluation Study (LSSES) and the Member Community Infrastructure Program (MCIP), unique efforts that support local projects with regional benefits.
Some other acronyms mentioned in this episode:
• CSO: Combined Sewer Overflow
• SWIM: Stormwater Inspection & Maintenance
• TBM: Tunnel Boring Machine
• EIFA: Equity Investment Focus Area
This episode also features excerpts from a conversation between Sewer District CEO Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells and WKYC Channel 3 Meteorologist Jason Mikell on the urban water cycle, the cost of clean water, and planning for the impacts of climate change and "wetter, warmer, wilder weather." The full interview can be found at https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vAGRAnDgbYKl?s=20

Inside Cleveland's Sewers Sep 20, 2022

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Joshua Dress and Josh Jeffi work in Sewer System Maintenance & Operation, the Sewer District team that monitors and maintains a complex underground system that keeps wastewater flowing to our three treatment plants.
Josh and Josh, with Mike and Donna, lift the lid and descend deep into the topic of sewers, including the history of sewers in the region, how they work, what it takes to keep things flowing, and even some of the craziest things they've seen underground.

How to Write a Podcast Intro Sep 06, 2022

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Donna and Mike improvise an introduction to the new podcast. Comedy ensues.

Stream job: Frank Schuschu, 46 years of environmental protection Sep 06, 2022

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One of the responsibilities of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is to regulate industrial discharges to the region's sewer system. Our investigators conduct routine inspections at industrial facilities to ensure that they are not discharging harmful pollutants into the sewers.
In this premiere episode of Clean Water Works, we talk to Industrial Compliance Specialist Frank Schuschu who has seen a lot in his 46 years (!) of Sewer District service. Frank talks about working with those companies to keep pollutants out of the sewer system, and what he's learned—and loved about it—along the way.

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