The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is helping to finance an upgrade of two of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s wastewater treatment plants to reduce negative emissions and improve air quality. The Solids Management Upgrades project, expected to start next spring and finish by 2029, would replace aging systems with modern processes that are more environmentally friendly.
EPA is supplying the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) with $330 million via a Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan for the $898-million Solids Management Upgrades project. Through WIFIA, EPA supplies water infrastructure project owners with low-cost, long-term loans.