South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

MSD responds to sewage spill in Oakville, fourth one in that area since 2019

MSD responds to sewage spill in Oakville, fourth one in that area since 2019

October 23, 2020

Crews with the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) are working to repair a broken force main that led to a sewage spill Friday in South St. Louis County. The break is near the railroad tracks that...

MSD response to sewage spill in Oakville delayed by storms

MSD response to sewage spill in Oakville delayed by storms

July 27, 2020

Crews with the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District are set to begin repairing a force sewer main break Tuesday in Oakville after a sewage spill was discovered Monday morning.  The break, which is...

MSD cleaning up another sewage spill at same place in Oakville

December 23, 2019

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is investigating why a force sewer main in Oakville keeps breaking. Crews from MSD have finished cleanup after a second force main break happened last week at...

A sign urges residents to avoid contact with remaining floodwater in Lemay Park June 21. Floodwaters may carry sewage and infectious organisms.

MSD cleaning up after sewage spill into Mississippi River tributary in Oakville

November 23, 2019

Crews with the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, or MSD, are cleaning up after a force main break Saturday in Oakville in south St. Louis County released 260,000 gallons of sewage into a tributary...

Boat team member Adam Baumgartner, left, brings the old rescue boat to shore after the Aug. 9 drill with passenger and ‘victim,’ rescue team member Jared Sarni, right. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Power outage spills 250,000 gallons of sewage in Sunset Hills; MSD cleaning up

July 19, 2019

After a power outage at a wastewater pumping station spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of untreated sewage near the Meramec River in Sunset Hills, the station is up and running again and the spill...

MSD repairing sewer main break in Oakville; sewage flowing into Mississippi

MSD repairing sewer main break in Oakville; sewage flowing into Mississippi

March 25, 2019

MSD is repairing a sewer main break in Oakville that sent sewage into the Mississippi River Sunday. The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District said around 9 a.m. Sunday that the underground force main...

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