In the trenches, the sewers that served Super Bowl brothers Jason and Travis Kelce
Only one angle of the Kelce brothers story remained uncovered. Until now.
Kelce versus Kelce. Brother versus brother. The Cleveland Heights family’s connections have been covered from nearly every angle in the two weeks leading up to Super Bowl LVII.
Except one.
As Jason and Travis Kelce were growing up on Coleridge Avenue in Cleveland Heights during their formative years, only one regional sewer district served the wastewater treatment and stormwater management needs of the eventual Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs stars. And yet, surprisingly, not a single media outlet reached out to it to inquire about this literal (lateral?) sewer/bowl connection. Not one.
Unfortunate. Sad, really.
Which is why we will take the deep dive, fittingly, ourselves.
According to The Daily Republic, Kelce parents Ed and Donna moved into their Cleveland Heights home on Coleridge Road in 1994 when Jason was 6 and Travis was 4. Keeping their boys hydrated and healthy, Ed and Donna’s water would have been Lake Erie’s finest delivered via Cleveland Water. Their local sewer service was provided by the City of Cleveland Heights, while the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District collected and treated Cleveland Heights wastewater at the local level.
Cleveland Heights has been a Regional Sewer District member community from the very beginning of the district itself, dating back to 1972 and formed in the haze of the last Cuyahoga River fire.
Coleridge Road’s more than 130 homes drain to NEORSD sewers. And since 2015, less than 10 years after both Kelce brothers entered college, those homes also have Regional Stormwater Management Program fees. The combination of these sewer and stormwater dollars have contributed to a cleaner Lake Erie and more resilient regional stream system.
At home, at school, during community activities, all flow under the now famous Kelces’ feet flowed to the Easterly Wastewater Treatment Plant in Cleveland.
The Kelces have since moved on from Coleridge but Cleveland Heights’ sewer connections endure.
Certainly countless fans have wondered, “Sewer District, what was it like treating wastewater for eventual NFL stars?” A logical question.
We say we’ve been proud to serve residents of all kinds, famous or not, for more than 50 years, whatever their futures hold. We’re proud to have provided a past with reliable service and an environment worth remembering years later.
This Super Bowl’s Kelce brothers story has a lot of Cleveland connections—even if the utility variety is late to get any notoriety.