SIUE Students Awarded Water Quality Control Operations Scholarship and Program Opportunity
[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1580322710900{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}"]EDWARDSVILLE - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD), have awarded three SIUE students scholarships for the Water Quality Control Operations…
Read MoreWho can pay for flood buyouts in the St. Louis region? Not us, says MSD
[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1580322710900{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}"] St. Louis area residents and elected leaders looking to avoid repeats of the devastation that followed flash floods this summer have landed on a possible…
Read MoreCity of St. Louis looks to buyout 20 homes damage by July’s record flood
[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1580322710900{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}"] ST. LOUIS - St. Louis City officials submitted an application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requesting more than $1 million to potentially buyout…
Read MoreCity of St. Louis takes new steps to work with MSD to buy out properties in Ellendale following July flooding
[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1580322710900{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}"] ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - There is new momentum for buyouts in the Ellendale neighborhood as the Metropolitan Sewer District and the City of St.…
Read MoreMSD Says Buyouts Are Solid Solution For WG Flooding
[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1580322710900{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}"]The cost to buy six substantially damaged homes, and a commercial building, would be roughly $535,000. Webster Groves--St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District’s Executive Director and CEO…
Read MoreNorth County residents raise decades-old concerns about a creek eroding their properties
[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1580322710900{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}"]ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Sink holes, rodents, shifting foundation and more. It’s a problem some North County residents have been dealing with, they said, for…
Read MoreUniversity City seeks federal funds to buy out flood-damaged homes
[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1580322710900{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}"]UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. – One of the hardest-hit St. Louis suburbs from July’s historic flash flooding just beats out a deadline to apply for federal flood…
Read MoreCity Considers Buyouts As Flood Victims Try To Wade Forward
[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1580322710900{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}"]Webster Groves - ...During a city council meeting Tuesday, Sept. 6, Deshane joined residents of five other properties in Webster Groves whose homes were heavily damaged…
Read MoreU. City’s mayor questioned on slow flooding fixes after decades of studies
[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1580322710900{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}"]UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. – Repeated severe flooding has cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. Many residents lost all of their possessions. It’s a problem that’s…
Read MoreMSD Project Clear Crews Respond to Overflow in Ballwin
[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1580322710900{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}"]MSD Project Clear (MSDPC) crews are cleaning up after a wastewater overflow in Ballwin. It was discovered late Friday morning in a wooded area in the…
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