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MSD settlement
3:31 pm
Thu August 4, 2011

Court to review settlement over MSD Clean Water Act violations

Credit (via Ted Heisel/Missouri Coalition for the Environment)
Under a consent decree given court approval today, the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District will have to eliminate 200 of illegal sewer bypasses like this one by 2033.
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A consent decree that will settle a four-year-old lawsuit against the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District over violations of the Clean Water Act is a step closer to taking effect.

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Flash flood damage
3:59 pm
Wed June 29, 2011

MSD to pay for flood damage for 70 homes in north St. Louis

Credit (Rachel Lippmann/ St. Louis Public Radio)
Cleanup continues along Dryden Court in St. Louis two days after sewer backups triggered massive flash flooding. MSD is waiving its usual caps on damage reimbursements because power outages at its pumping stations caused the floods.
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The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has decided to waive its normal $2,400 cap for damage reimbursements and will completely pay for flood damage sustained June 25 by 70 specific homes in north St. Louis.

Why waive the cap? Because the District has determined it is at fault.

Here's what happened:

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Clean Water Act settlement
11:22 am
Wed June 29, 2011

MSD board approves settlement on Clean Water violations

Credit (Ted Heisel/Missouri Coalition for the Environment)
The Metropolitan Sewer District has until 2034 to remove 200 of these illegal sewer bypasses under a Clean Water Act lawsuit settlement approved today.
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The board of the Metropolitan Sewer District has approved a settlement with the federal government and a local environmental action group over violations of the Clean Water Act.

The state of Missouri was also a party to the 2007 lawsuit, but did not approve the settlement.

The agreement will, among other things, require MSD to:

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