If it rains where you live, it can flood where you live,” Bess McCoy, MSD Project Clear spokesperson, said. “People in high-risk flood zones already know they have some risk of flooding.

Through MSD Project Clear, the organization is almost halfway through a $7.2 billion program to upgrade sewers in the St. Louis area and bring them into full compliance with the Clean Water Act.

MSD Project Clear is investing $100 million towards rainscaping efforts as part of an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency and Missouri Coalition for the Environment.

“We had a 500-year rain event on Sunday and then what looks like off our prelim data to be a 100-year rain event again yesterday afternoon,” Sean Stone, MSD Project Clear, said.

With MSD Project Clear, the company plans to spend $900 million on new biosolid systems with construction expected to begin by the end of 2023.

The Solids Management Upgrades project is part of a program called MSD Project Clear, which is a long term effort to improve water quality and resolve issues with the wastewater system.

MSD, City of Brentwood get ready for heavy rain events MSD said they have quite a few crews on standby to help in areas where issues pop up and while they’re not a flood authority, there are ...