Tuesday, February 19, 2013
State officials made a stop in Lakewood last week to go over some fixes.
Some members of the Ohio EPA believe that the city of Lakewood isn’t doing enough to comply with the Clean Water Act, stemming from the city’s excessive storm-water runoff. Not so fast, say city officials. “We’ve done a substantial amount of work,” said Lakewood Mayor Michael Summers. State officials visited the city last Thursday to go over some of the city’s work to fix the issue. “It (was) a big meeting because the Ohio EPA has several members who feel we haven’t done enough,” he said. “It’s an act of ignorance on their part.” Lakewood has already spent “tens of millions of dollars” on upgrading the sewers since 1987, he said. That work includes separating sewers lines and studying and improving the process, Summers added. In addition…
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Ohio EPA is predicting that the air quality in Northeast Ohio will be unhealthy for some sensitive groups of people because of pollution.
Pollution in the air in Northeast Ohio may be a concern for those who have asthma, lung disease or older adults and children Wednesday, Thursday and possibly Friday this week. The Akron Regional Air Quality Agency, the Cleveland Deptartment of Public Health and Welfare and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency are predicting the air quality will be unsafe for some sensitive groups of people through March 22. The air quality index as of 5 p.m. March 21, was a 78, which is considered "Moderate." There are six ratings that range from "Good" to "Hazardous." On Friday, the above organizations are predicting the quality will move from "Moderate" to "Unhealthy to Sensitive Groups." "Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or …
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Officials hope to comply with federal guidelines, but with a price tag of hundreds of millions of dollars, the city can’t swing it.
City officials concede that for the past 100 years in Lakewood, “the solution to pollution was dissolution.” That’s no longer an option. With Lakewood reporting in 2010 that 91.4 million gallons of storm/sewer water were dumped into Lake Erie, the EPA is forcing the city to make some changes. Those fixes to the city’s infrastructure could be expensive — as much as $500 million. The city is working on an agreement with the US EPA to address the problem. Lakewood’s combined sewers are designed to take all flows to the treatment plant, which can process about 20 million gallons per day. However, during storms, the volume of water entering the combined sewer system can exceed both the capacity of the combined sewers and the treatment plant. …
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Citizens weigh in at City Hall meeting to discuss what can be done to help rid the city's drinking water of minute amounts of mercury.
Ohio EPA hosted an open meeting at City Hall on Wednesday night to publicly address an application submitted by city officials requesting a variance on Lakewood’s permit to discharge minute amounts of mercury into Lake Erie. The meeting was split into two parts — first as an information session followed by a public hearing where attendees were given the opportunity to go on the record in front of a court reporter and offer testimony for or against the proposed variance. As it stands, Lakewood is currently discharging mercury from its wastewater treatment plant at an average of 11.53 parts per trillion, but in light of new Ohio EPA standards, the city would have to drastically improve that number to 1.3 parts per trillion to meet the new …
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Ohio EPA to host meeting June 1 to discuss the issue. City officials hope to keep the standard at its current level.
The Ohio EPA is hosting an open meeting June 1 to discuss Lakewood’s request for a variance on the city’s permit to discharge small amounts of mercury into Lake Erie. The regulatory agency is reviewing an application from the city to modify its permit for the discharge of mercury from the city’s wastewater treatment plant located at 1699 Metropark Drive. The city currently releases mercury into Lake Erie at the microscopic level of 11.53 parts per trillion. But the rules have changed since the last permit was issued in 2008. New standards require the city to keep mercury levels below 1.3 parts per trillion. Richard Krumreig, the unit manager at the wastewater facility, said it would require extremely costly technology to meet the new …
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Ohio EPA to host meeting Thursday to discuss emissions from the Madison Avenue facility.
GrafTech isn't likely to go back to employing more 3,000 people in the Madison Avenue factory once known as the National Carbon Company. But thanks to GrafTech’s high-tech graphite films — found in just about every electronic gizmo on the market — the Lakewood facility is growing. The company that built Birdtown is expanding operations in the city and adding employees. Company officials said as many as 30 highly skilled positions will join the Lakewood location’s workforce of 120 by the end of the year. Much of the company’s success hinges on its thin graphite film that keeps consumer electronics from overheating. The technology is used in a range of devices — think smart-phones, flat-panel TVs and laptop computers. “Our latest products …
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Susan Kaminski
1:48 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
In 1997-98, Lakewood was undergoing a project to repair the roads and including replacing the sewer/water drain pipes. If I recall, the streets were evaluated and the worst streets were targeted first, there was also federal money or grants provided because home owners could apply for a 20% rebate on certain home repairs (new roof for example). If replacing sewer/water drains was the case, … more ›