2006 MSD News Releases

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• September 25, 2006
  Louisville Metro experienced its worst flooding since the Flood of 1997. Up to 10 inches of rain fell in many neighborhoods in our community.

  Although major improvements to our drainage system and the construction of large flood storage basins protected thousands of homes from flooding this weekend, MSD still received over 1,000 customer calls related to flooding and sewer backups.

  In an effort to assist our customers in the aftermath of this severe event, MSD is offering financial assistance up to $500 per customer account.

• September 23, 2006
  The Louisville Metro area is currently experiencing severe flooding due to the severe thunderstorms that started yesterday morning and continue through the time of the message. Most of the area streams and channels are flowing out of their banks and will have very little time to recede before the next line of storms move into the area.
• September 15, 2006
  In August 2005, the Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) entered into a consent decree with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Kentucky State Division of Water (DOW). The purpose of the consent decree is to address both combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) in Louisville Metro.
• June 13, 2006
  The 17th annual Ohio River Sweep is set for Saturday, June 17, from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. More than 15,000 volunteers from Pittsburgh to Cario, Illinois will pick up trash and debris along 1,800 miles of riverbank.
• April 13, 2006
  On Saturday, April 15th, 9:00 A.M. through 2:00 P.M., MSD and the Belknap Neighborhood are partnering to install a rain garden and rain barrels.
• March 10, 2006
  On Saturday, March 11 at 9:00 A.M. through noon and again at 1:00 P.M. through 4:00 P.M., MSD is partnering with Living Lands and Waters, and the Partnership for a Greener City to host a volunteer cleanup along Beargrass Creek at the Louisville Rowing Club.
• February 24, 2006
  The regularly scheduled MSD Board Meeting (Monday, February 27, 10:00 A.M.) has been moved to the Morris Forman Wastewater Treatment Plant, located at 4522 Algonquin Parkway. The meeting will be held in the Main Equipment Building, Sixth Floor.
• February 17, 2005
  There has been a major sewer collapse in the 800 block of Barret Avenue. Barret Avenue will be closed from Breckinridge Street to East Broadway. We are estimating that the repairs will be complete by Wednesday, February 22, 2006.