How Cleveland Water gets from Lake Erie to your tap

Lake Erie provides drinking water for 11 million people — 3 million of them in Ohio, including 1.4 million in Cleveland. The Cleveland Water Department pumps water throughout Cuyahoga County and parts of five other counties, from four separate treatment plants, each with its own intake crib in Lake Erie. (The 5-mile crib is the … Continue reading How Cleveland Water gets from Lake Erie to your tap