Missouri American Water Encourages Water Conservation in South St. Louis County Area
May 01 2017 - 2:18PM
Business Wire
Some customers may experience lower than
normal water pressure for the next few days
Missouri American Water is asking customers in an area of South
St. Louis County, Mo., to conserve water over the coming days.
Flooding along the Meramec River may force Missouri American
Water to shut down its South Plant, which takes in water from the
Meramec for distribution in South St. Louis, as of Wednesday, May
3. Given current river level forecasts, South Plant may have to
remain offline until Saturday, May 6.
In addition, some South St. Louis County customers may
experience lower than normal water pressures for the next few days.
The quality of drinking water is still good – meeting or surpassing
all state and federal regulations.
Missouri American Water is asking customers in the below
affected area to conserve water through at least Saturday. The
affected area includes the following South St. Louis County cities,
generally south of interstate 44, which are served by our South
County Water Treatment Plant:
Fenton
Mehlville Oakland Lemay
Marlborough Webster Groves Crestwood Shrewsbury Grantwood Village
MacKenzie Affton Sunset Hills Wilbur Park Sappington Green Park
Lakeshire Valley Park Portions of unincorporated STL County
Customers in the affected area are receiving automated calls and
we will update our website and social media sites over the next few
days.
Water conservation tips include:
- Check your home for faucet and toilet
leaks and repair them
- Make sure that your dishwasher is full
before running it
- When doing laundry, match the water
level to the size of the laundry load
- Consider taking shorter showers.
Water for drinking and cooking is a small part of most household
water usage.
Missouri American Water is asking customers in these areas to
conserve water because river crest projections are near
record-setting levels and may cause floodwaters to rise above our
South Water Treatment Plant’s river intake pumps. These pumps
transfer water from the Meramec River to the water treatment
plant.
Missouri American Water teams have made several preparations to
reduce the potential impact if the floodwaters rise above the South
plant pumps – including moving water from other St. Louis County
plants to this area and keeping water storage tanks full. The
company also is working with local municipalities and other water
customers to keep them abreast of the situation and to do whatever
is possible to ensure continued water service.
We will update our website and contact customers by phone when
this request for conservation ends.
Missouri American Water
Missouri American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE:
AWK), is the largest investor-owned water utility in the state,
providing high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater
services to approximately 1.5 million people.
With a history dating back to 1886, American Water is the
largest and most geographically diverse U.S. publicly-traded water
and wastewater utility company. The company employs more than 6,700
dedicated professionals who provide regulated and market-based
drinking water, wastewater and other related services to an
estimated 15 million people in 47 states and Ontario, Canada. More
information can be found by visiting www.amwater.com.
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Missouri American WaterBrian Russell, 314-996-2239M:
314-825-3578Brian.Russell@amwater.com
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