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Picking Up the Pieces: St. Louis Plants Recover From Historic Flooding

Two St. Louis plants took a beating during a 500-year flood event in December 2015. Learn about the recovery process and what plant staff learned from the event.
  • By Doug Day
  • March 08, 2016
Picking Up the Pieces: St. Louis Plants Recover From Historic Flooding

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Picking Up the Pieces: St. Louis Plants Recover From Historic Flooding
The Grand Glaize Wastewater Treatment Plant is located outside the 100-year flood plain, but was still damaged. After flood waters reached levels 4 feet higher than ever recorded, a portion of a sandbag wall collapsed and knocked the plant offline for a few days.

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District plans to have its flood-damaged Fenton Wastewater Treatment Plant restored to full treatment capability by April after it was damaged by floods in late December. For several weeks, the plant discharged 5 million gallons of raw sewage...

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