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Cleveland Gets Federal Grant to Combat Runoff into Lake Erie

Ideastream Public Media | By Mitch Felan
Published August 12, 2016 at 9:23 PM EDT
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Cleveland plans to build bio-retention cells to prevent goose feces from running off into Lake Erie, which spreads E Coli and other diseases in the water.

The City of Cleveland is using a federal grant to reduce beach closings and improve water quality in Lake Erie.

The grant was awarded by the through the

The funds will be used to control storm water runoff.

, says most of the funds will go toward bioretention cells, commonly referred to as rain gardens, to contain goose feces, which spread diseases like E-Coli into Lake Erie through runoff.

鈥淭he large goose population, living at or near that park, with plenty of droppings throughout that parking lot; when that runs off and goes eventually into the lake that stays there. You know, especially in conditions like we have today, that E-Coli can just continue to breed and it makes it unsafe for folks to actually enter into the water.鈥�   

Hall says the design process for the cells will begin in January of next year.

and the will be helping with the bioretention cells.

Cleveland is one of 13 cities to receive the grant.

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Mitch Felan
Mitch Felan is a news intern for WKSU. He is a multimedia journalist with experience in print, television, radio and visual journalism. Felan is a junior at Kent State University, working towards a Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia Journalism. During the school year, Felan works for Kent State Student Media in TV2, The Kent Stater, and KentWired. He will be serving as the Digital Director for Kent State University's Student Media Newsroom in the Fall.
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