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MSD - St. Louis Sewers
6:35 am
Mon November 14, 2011

Inside the St. Louis sewer system, Part 1: fixing a messy problem

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Credit Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is required to post warning signs near every sewer overflow.
Credit Missouri Coalition for the Environment
There are more than 200 sanitary sewer overflows in St. Louis County, like this one in a condominium complex in Brentwood.
Credit Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio
MSD spokesperson Lance LeComb stands next to one of the 29-foot diameter combined sewer tunnels that run under Forest Park. Raw sewage can be seen flowing by.
Credit Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio
The tunnels emerge again near Manchester and Macklind, into the concrete channel of the River Des Peres. During dry weather, sewage runs under the channel to a sewage treatment plant.
Credit Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio
During heavy rains, a mixture of sewage and rain water overflows into the channel, carrying debris like this along with it.
Credit Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio
This combined sewer overflow (archway in channel) discharges sewage and rain water into the upper River Des Peres, on Ferguson Ave. just south of Melrose Ave. in University City.
Credit Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio
On the other side of Ferguson Ave., the River Des Peres runs by the backyards of these University City homes. During a storm, the water level can rise several feet in just a few minutes.
Credit Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio
At the low water crossing in University City’s Heman Park, the River Des Peres flows over the road during storms, carrying debris and raw sewage along with it.
Credit Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio
Along N. Sarah Street south of Page Ave., the sidewalks and parking lanes are paved with porous concrete as part of a “green infrastructure” demonstration project.
Credit Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio
The layer of porous concrete is about four to six inches thick with about 12 to 18 inches of gravel underneath it, to slow the flow of water into the sewer system.
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This summer, the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District settled a four-year lawsuit with the Environmental Protection Agency over violations of the Clean Water Act.

Under the terms of the consent decree, MSD will spend the next 23 years upgrading the St. Louis area sewer system.

In the first of a two-part series on the sewer overhaul, St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra looks at the problems with our sewers—and what it’s going to take to fix them.

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MSD
3:04 pm
Tue November 1, 2011

MSD developing new back-up power monitoring system for pumping stations

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Cleanup along Dryden Court in St. Louis two days after sewer backups triggered massive flash flooding in June 2011. Power outages at MSD's pumping stations caused the floods, but a new system to monitor the power for those stations is forthcoming.
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The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District says it will be developing a new system to monitor back-up power sources at its pumping stations.

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Morning round-up
9:29 am
Mon September 26, 2011

Morning headlines: Monday, September 26, 2012

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MSD is holding the first in a series of public hearings regarding a proposal that would increase customer wastewater rates to help fund more than a billion dollars in needed wastewater system investments.
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MSD holds public hearings on rate increase

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District's independent Rate Commission is holding the first in a series of public hearings Monday on a proposed rate increase. The proposal would increase customer wastewater rates to help fund more than a billion dollars in needed wastewater system investments between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2016.

Storm water rates would not be affected by the rate increase.

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Morning round-up
9:27 am
Wed August 24, 2011

Morning headlines: Wednesday, August 24, 2011

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Joplin High School has a new name thanks to gaffers tape in Joplin, Missouri on June 8, 2011. The town continues to clear away debris from the devastating May 22 tornado that destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and killed 141 people.
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Joplin School Board begins paying massive bills from May 22 tornado

Yesterday, the Joplin School Board approved payment of nearly $30 million for the month of July and about half of August. The district's typical monthly bill is between $6 million to $7 million.

The Joplin Globe reports that the district is using insurance and Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursements to help pay the bills.

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