St. Louis Sewer District Names Interim Leader
A nearly eight-year veteran of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District will be the agency's interim executive director. MSD announced today that Jonathon Sprague, its current director of operations,...
View ArticleSt. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District Names New Executive Director
The St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District has named its new executive director, Brian Hoelscher. Hoelscher takes over the job from Jonathon Sprague, who served as interim executive director since...
View ArticleSt. Louis Pump Failure Sending Sewage Into Flooded Mississippi River
Updated April 29, 7:30 p.m. With the Mississippi River below 33 feet, MSD says it no longer has to use the pumps, and the flow of untreated wastewater into the river has stopped. The temporary pumps...
View ArticleVeolia Backs Out Of Controversial Contract With City Of St. Louis
Updated with additional quotes. The French utility company Veolia has decided not to go forward with a $250,000 contract that would have reviewed the operations of the city of St. Louis water...
View ArticleMSD Dealing With Another Sewage Spill
Updated at 10:20 a.m. on Tuesday MSD spokesman Lance LeComb says several hundred thousand gallons of sewage have spilled from the broken main. The total size of the spill won't be known until repairs...
View ArticleState Supreme Court Strikes Down MSD Storm Water Fee
Updated at 4:30 p.m. with comments from MSD.. The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District needed voter approval when it changed the way it funded storm water...
View ArticleMSD Starts Review Of City Water Department
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has unveiled exactly what it will be doing for its review of the St. Louis city water department. The waste and stormwater agency formally began work on the...
View ArticleSt. Louis Municipalities Look To 'RainScaping' To Prevent Runoff
With a large percentage of land paved over, St. Louis City and many other area municipalities have encountered problems with water runoff. In addition to the nuisance of standing water on streets,...
View ArticleGearing Up: First Big Tunnel Of St. Louis Sewer System Upgrade
Updated 2/7/14 to correct the timeline of the lawsuit against MSD. The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is preparing for its first big dig. Starting in a few days, MSD will begin construction of a...
View ArticleNew Agreement Between St. Louis County And Sewer District Promises More Business
It's being billed as another way to spur economic development in the region. St. Louis County and the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District announced Wednesday a new agreement to share software that...
View ArticleSt. Ann Officials Voice Concern About Potential Risks Of Bridgeton Landfill...
Bridgeton Landfill owner Republic Services is building a pipeline to carry wastewater from inside the landfill to a sewer line leading to the Bissell Point sewage treatment plant in north St. Louis....
View ArticleWant A Rain Garden In Your Yard? MSD's New 'Rainscaping' Grants Could Help
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is offering as many as 50 new grants to encourage local landowners to install rainwater collection systems on their properties. The grants of up to $3,000...
View ArticleMSD holds public meetings to explain why sewer rates are rising
Updated 3/19/15 to correct the bond amount being requested and add a link to the full rate change proposal. The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has proposed two major changes to the rates...
View ArticleDoes demolishing buildings keep sewage out of streams? MSD, St. Louis...
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is spending billions of dollars to keep sewage out of area waterways as part of a court-ordered agreement. But MSD’s plan involves something you might not...
View ArticleOn the April 5 ballot: MSD seeks funds for wastewater, storm water needs
Customers of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District will see their bills go up after the election on Tuesday. By how much, and when, depends on the outcome of two ballot initiatives. MSD is a...
View ArticleA cheat sheet for your April 5 ballot: MSD, car tax, schools, earnings tax...
Over the past 10 days, St. Louis Public Radio has presented articles on some of the issues before area voters this week. Most of the municipal elections were not reviewed. But we did look at county-...
View ArticleKirkwood sewer bills bump up after MSD error
Some Kirkwood residents are getting a shock when they open their sewer bills this month. The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is charging a one-time fee to correct a billing error, jacking up...
View ArticleRecent floods underscore shortfalls of development planning in St. Louis County
The "cloud burst" that drenched a mid-section of St. Louis County with nearly four inches of rain early Monday morning is only part of why local streams and creeks swelled their banks, flooding...
View ArticleSt. Louis among the U.S. cities with most sewage overflow
St. Louis is among the U.S. cities where millions of gallons of sewage has flowed into rivers and streams, according to a new study. The St. Louis region saw as much as 200 million gallons of sewage...
View ArticleMSD to help demolish vacant buildings
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District could spend up to $13.5 million demolishing abandoned buildings in the city. MSD’s board approved an agreement on Thursday with the city’s Land Clearance for...
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