Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category

Warm weather clean up begins!

May 14th, 2012    •  by jmarriott@akelab.com    •   Environment, Maintenance Issues, WWTP   •   No Comments »

  Well it sure would seem that the weather has finally broken.  Yes we had 80 degree days in March and April, but we savvy Clevelanders remember that our hearts have been broken before.  You don’t pack away sweaters…...

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Subprime mortgages are hurting our lake!!

January 11th, 2012    •  by jmarriott@akelab.com    •   Environment   •   No Comments »

Some of you may have heard the news that our beautiful Lake Erie is suffering the worst algae bloom in history.  And regrettably some of you have not, including me until just recently.  To bring everyone up to speed, our…...

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Have a Green Christmas!

December 20th, 2011    •  by jmarriott@akelab.com    •   Environment, Uncategorized   •   No Comments »

  Every year on Christmas Eve, my husband and I haul all of the gifts we bought down to our family room, to sip wine and wrap presents while “A Christmas Story” plays on it’s 24 hour, marathon loop.  Like…...

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Who is in Charge of your Operator in Charge?

November 8th, 2011    •  by jmarriott@akelab.com    •   Environment, Frequently Asked Questions, WWTP   •   No Comments »

  Quite often here, we meet people that need assistance. And when they hire us to be that assistance, we get to feel the pleasure of knowing we took a little stress out of someone’s life.  You can almost…...

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Silly Statement # 417: “I haven’t heard from the EPA, so I must be doin’ somethin’ right!”

October 17th, 2011    •  by jmarriott@akelab.com    •   Environment, Frequently Asked Questions, Maintenance Issues, WWTP   •   No Comments »

Remember when you were little and you had the power of invisibility?  Remember that?  It was so easy too.  You just had to place your tiny hands over your closed eyes and poof – you were gone.  I so good…...

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Everyone likes clean water, right?

September 27th, 2011    •  by jmarriott@akelab.com    •   Environment   •   2 Comments »

  It is a weird world.  It doesn’t seem to matter where you are on the political spectrum; everyone seems to feel like they are in a world…...

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One Small Step for AKE, One Giant Leap For Mankind

January 19th, 2011    •  by jmarriott@akelab.com    •   Environment   •   No Comments »

As an environmental company dedicated to water pollution control from way before it was fashionable, we are always looking for ways to reduce our consumption of natural resources, lessen our “footprint” as they say. And to be…...

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