First Alert Forward: Big water infrastructure needs The Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) is in the middle of a 28-year plan to improve and re-imagine the region’s waste management. It maintains [...]
Sewage backup is latest issue at Northern Village Apartments
Sewage backup is latest issue at Northern Village Apartments The representative stated that it was his belief that the sewage backup was intentionally caused by certain residents, but insisted the [...]
CWE resident dealing with raw sewage backup, says city isn’t helping
CWE resident dealing with raw sewage backup, says city isn’t helping A St. Louis woman says raw sewage keeps flooding her basement due to a broken pipe. It’s an issue [...]
Homes demolished in Sanders Park expansion project
Homes demolished in Sanders Park expansion project An expansion of Sanders Park in Crestwood is underway. Three of five residential homes — 971, 1001 and 1005 Sanders Drive — have [...]
Kirkwood man frustrated by repeated pollution of creek near community college
Kirkwood man frustrated by repeated pollution of creek near community college The oil appeared weeks after a truck's hydraulic line broke in late November at St. Louis Community College's Meramec [...]
MSD Project Clear Responding to Overflow in Earth City
MSD Project Clear (MSDPC) crews are cleaning up after a wastewater overflow in Earth City. It was discovered late Wednesday night in an industrial area along Highway 141, north of [...]
The next infrastructure wave isn’t roads, it’s treatment plants
The next infrastructure wave isn't roads, it's treatment plants Extreme weather is stress-testing systems built for a different era. Recent studies outline separate billion-dollar U.S. weather and climate disasters in [...]
Officials warn against Thanksgiving cooking hazards
Officials warn against Thanksgiving cooking hazards MSD Project Clear’s Nicholle Spencer emphasizes the importance of correctly disposing of FOG to avoid clogged pipes, while Kate Freshman from the Florissant Valley [...]
Harvesting Hope: The Urban Farms Helping Save a City’s Aging Sewer System
Harvesting Hope: The Urban Farms Helping Save a City’s Aging Sewer System City-supported farms are making St. Louis more absorbent, and have kept nearly 100 million gallons of wastewater out [...]
Why are Cave-Ins and Sinkholes Popping Up in St. Louis?
Why are Cave-Ins and Sinkholes Popping Up in St. Louis? Over the past year, cave-ins and sinkholes have been making headlines as they pop up all over St. Louis. The [...]