Crews with the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) completed the cleanup of a sewage overflow near Albrecht County Park in South St. Louis County late Monday evening.
The overflow was discovered on Friday, June 12, after an MSD employee reported an odor in the area. When MSD crews arrived on the scene to investigate, they found that the sewer had been vandalized. The lid to the manhole had been removed and two large trees logs had been dumped into the manhole, which subsequently blocked the sewer and caused sewage to enter into Sugar Creek Two, which flows into the Mississippi River.
MSD crews removed the logs and contained the spill before it reached the Mississippi River. It is estimated that 77,000 gallons of sewage entered the creek, impacting almost 4,500 feet of creek.
MSD is also asking that if anyone has any information with regards to the vandalized manhole to please contact the St. Louis County Police.
The sewer break was reported to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, as required by law.