Press Release Archive 2020 Press Releases Mayor Dan Horrigan Announces Major Milestone in Downtown Tunnel Project: Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel is 100% Connected! (06/18/2020) The City of Akron and Environmental Design Group receive Outstanding Achievement Award for Aqueduct Street Green Improvements (04/30/2020) Akron Waterways Renewed! Field Work Ongoing in North Hill Area of Akron (04/29/2020) Akron Waterways Renewed! Program Making Progress (04/15/2020) 2019 Press Releases Second Amendment To Akron’s CSO Consent Decree Granted, With Projected Savings Of $77 Million (12/18/19) City of Akron Celebrates Progress in Consent Decree Projects (10/30/19) City of Akron Hosts Cuyahoga River Homecoming – Friday June 21 (06/19/20) TorchFest – Xtinguish Celebration at the Cuyahoga River Homecoming Press Conference (06/18/19) Water Reclamation Facility Upgrades Yield Big Results (2/25/19) 2019 Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) Public Participation/Pre-Notification (1/15/19) 2018 Press Releases Ohio Water Environment Association Recognizes Akron AWR! Program – commended for excellence in engineering and community outreach (09/21/2018) Rosie, the Tunnel Boring Machine, Completes Historic Mile-Long Journey under Downtown Akron (08/29/2018) Gorge Dam Project Agreement Signed for Remedial Design of the Gorge Dam Contaminated Sediments Project (07/09/2018) The City of Akron Celebrates “Fix-a-Leak Week,” March 19th – 25th (03/19/2018) Akron Asks Businesses and Residents for Help in Protecting Sewer (03/22/2018) AWR! Kicks Off The 2018 Trolley Tour Season (03/16/2018) 2017 Press Releases City to Close Intersection of MLK, Main, Howard and Perkins for Innerbelt Project and Old Main Sewer Separation (01/26/2017) Mayor Horrigan Announces $17 Million Savings on AWR! Project through Interest Rate Reduction (07/13/2017) AWR! Begins Work on Carpenter Sewer Separation (CSO Rack 30) Project (07/13/2017) Ohio EPA Presents PISCES Award to City of Akron (11/21/2017) City of Akron Receives Finance Award (12/14/17) 2016 Press Releases City of Akron Announces Three Akron Waterways Renewed! Projects (02/17/16) 2016 Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) Nominations (02/17/16) 2016 Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) Applications (02/17/16) City of Akron Receives Nutrient Reduction Discount for Water Reclamation Facility Project (09/01/2016) Howard Storage Basin (CSO Rack 22) Work (09/14/2016) First Amendment to Consent Decree (09/21/2016) City of Akron Leave Removal (10/28/2016) Akron Water Supply Plant Receives Environmental Excellence Award (10/31/2016) Blasting Associated with Construction of Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel Begins (11/17/2016) South Arlington Road Closure (12/14/2016) 2015 Press Releases Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) (01/23/15) Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) (01/28/15) Blue Heron Homecoming (02/12/15) Contest Announced to Name Giant Tunnel Boring Machine (05/21/15) Still Time To Enter Contest to Name Giant Tunnel Boring Machine (06/17/15) Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) (09/28/15) Awards for City Engineer and Water Supply Bureau Manager (10/28/15) Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel Groundbreaking 2015 (11/09/15) City Completes Sanitary Sewer Reconstruction Project (12/14/15) EPA Approves Green Alternatives (12/14/15) 2014 Press Releases City Moving Forward With CSO Projects (05/05/2014) Akron Water Reclamation Facility Receives $108,000 Rebate (07/14/14) City of Akron Water Supply Bureau Receives Water Fluoridation Quality Award (09/12/14) City of Akron Water Reclamation Services Manager Wins Statewide Award (09/16/14) City of Akron Breaks Ground on Cascade Village Storage Basin Project (09/21/14) Public Informational Meeting In Preparation for Upcoming Workforce Training (11/19/14) 2013 Press Releases Ohio EPA Reconfirms Akron Water is Free of Algal Toxin (09/20/13) City to Train Citizens to Operate Trucks, Earn CDL (09/26/13) CDL Training Applications Update (09/30/13) City Withdraws From CSO Long Term Control Plan (12/17/13) 2012 Press Releases US EPA and City of Akron Agree on Long Term Control Plan (01/10/12) 2011 Press Releases Akron to Eliminate Almost All of the Smell that Wafts from Akron's Compost Facility (07/15/11) City of Akron 2011 Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) (07/26/11) City of Akron Main Outfall Sewer Inspection (07/26/11)