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Protect your Pipes! Plumbing Tips with Joe Boziak

Send us Fan Mail Pouring grease down the kitchen sink seems harmless until the day the drain slows to a crawl. Joe Boziak, a master plumber with decades in the trade, ha

Data Centers and Water Impacts

Send us Fan Mail UPDATE: This episode was recorded on July 1, 2026. On July 21, Ohio EPA announced it will NOT finalize a proposed general permit for data centers. For a

Stream Design 101

Send us Fan Mail Concrete channels, buried creeks, and straightened streams simplified urban development but decades later we see the side effects: faster water, steeper

Spring Storms and Other Emergencies

Send us Fan Mail We talk with Mark Christie, Director of Cuyahoga County's Office of Emergency Management, about severe weather in Northeast Ohio, damage assessment

Ohio Stormwater Conference 2026

Send us Fan Mail Mike and Donna report from the 19th annual Ohio Stormwater Conference in Sandusky, OH. The day's presentations touch on education, stormwater model

Native Plants and Invasive Species

Send us Fan Mail April is National Native Plant Month, and in this episode we talk with Sustainability Specialist Kevin Harrison and Paul Kovalcik of our Stormwater Insp

Stream Inspections

Send us Fan Mail A fallen log in a stream can serve as beneficial fish habitat or pose a flood hazard. Stormwater inspectors Kelsey Hickox and Andriana Hayes explain wha

Designing for Downpours: Stormwater Construction

Send us Fan Mail Rainfall can turn some roads into rivers. Construction Supervisor Joel Hill explains how his team keeps neighborhoods dry using basins, culverts, and st

Lobbying for Clean Water Progress

Send us Fan Mail What actually leads a policy idea into becoming a clean-water milestone? We take you behind the scenes with Danielle Giannantonio, Senior Manager of Sta

"Law & Odor" at the Sewer District

Send us Fan Mail Hey, it's hard to pass up a good pun. Even if we didn't talk much about sewer smells in this episode, we were excited to learn how our legal t

Cleveland Water and Winter Weather Tips

Send us Fan Mail Freezing temperatures can test our municipal water systems as well as the pipes inside our homes. Water Commissioner Alex Margevicius explains how the C

A Smart Lake and Economy with Cleveland Water Alliance

Send us Fan Mail A lake that learns can change a region. Sam Martin, Director of Communications and Engagement at Cleveland Water Alliance (CWA), shares how Lake Erie ha

Clean Water Superheroes: The Lake Erie League

Send us Fan Mail A new crew of superheroes, the Lake Erie League, is turning everyday systems into comic-book stories for kids and teachers to use in the classroom. Acro

Underground Poetry with Literary Cleveland

Send us Fan Mail Art meets infrastructure! The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District partnered with the nonprofit creative-writing center Literary Cleveland to host a r

Tech Roundup: Drones, Automation, and Clean Water

Send us Fan Mail Technology continues to transform how the Sewer District manages wastewater and stormwater.  Process Analyst Ron Maichle explains how the District&apos

Ohio's Infrastructure Report Card

Send us Fan Mail The newly released 2025 Ohio Infrastructure Report Card delivers a sobering assessment of the systems we rely on daily but rarely think about. Ohio has

Sustainability at the Sewer District

Send us Fan Mail What does sustainability mean for a wastewater utility?  Sustainability Manager Marie Fechik-Kirk shares her thoughts on environmental stewardship at t

Wastewater Surveillance and Community Health

Send us Fan Mail A recent innovation, the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) has transformed from an emergency response to COVID-19 into a comprehensive earl

2025 Ohio Stormwater Conference

Send us Fan Mail Mike is at the 18th annual Ohio Stormwater Conference, where nearly 1,000 environmental professionals gather to discuss flooding, erosion, and water qua

Bridging the Gap: Downtown Cleveland and Waterfront Access

Send us Fan Mail Imagine standing in downtown Cleveland and gazing at Lake Erie just blocks away, yet feeling disconnected by an intimidating landscape of highways and p