The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) will receive a $47.7 million federal loan to help finance sewer upgrades as part of the district’s Deer Creek Sanitary Tunnel and Sanitary Relief project.
The loan, from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, comes through the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA). The federal loan will finance nearly half of the project’s estimated $97 million cost, officials said Thursday. The project is expected to create 70 jobs, with construction to start in 2019 with completion targeted for late 2023.