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Hurricane Isaac
3:50 pm
Tue August 28, 2012

MSD preps St. Louis for remnants of Hurricane Isaac

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The projected path of Hurricane Isaac, and its aftermath, as of 1 p.m. CDT Aug. 28.
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The latest forecast from the National Weather Service shows the remnants of Hurricane Isaac passing through the St. Louis region on Saturday morning. 

That has local officials getting ready for problems that could result from a major rainfall.

Metropolitan Sewer District spokesman Lance LeComb said storms like Isaac have historically presented the greatest threat of flash flooding.

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MSD - Minority Hiring
5:53 pm
Thu May 10, 2012

MOKAN to MSD: employ more local businesses, women, minorities

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The minority business advocacy group MOKAN organized this protest outside of MSD’s Missouri River treatment plant today.
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The minority business advocacy group MOKAN says the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is not doing enough to include local minority and female workers in its sewer upgrade projects.

MOKAN executive director Yaphett El-Amin says her group wants MSD to increase the transparency of its hiring practices and invest at least $23.5 million in worker training programs.

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MSD - St. Louis Sewers
6:35 am
Tue November 15, 2011

Inside the St. Louis sewer system, Part 2: paying to fix a messy problem

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Workers have been putting in new cement pipes and storm drains in St. Louis’ Tower Grove South neighborhood in an effort to stop basement backups.
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MSD has been working in St. Louis’ Tower Grove neighborhood for months in an effort to update its aging sewer system.
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The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has resolved a lawsuit with the Environmental Protection Agency with promises to fix its aging system.

But the consent decree, which still must be signed off on by a federal judge, comes with a huge price tag, an estimated $4.7 billion over 23 years.

In the second of a two-part series on the overhaul of the sewer district, St. Louis Public Radio’s Maria Altman explains MSD’s rate payers will be picking up the tab.

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