Missouri’s Unprotected Waters
What are unclassified waters and why are they important? More than forty years after passage of the Clean Water Act,...
Post 1993 Floodplain Development
More than 1,000 farmland acres in the Chesterfield, MO area shown below was under up to 15 feet of water in...
Making Room for the River
The Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) has been working to preserve the natural value of Missouri’s floodplains for over...
Water Quality
Water quality is directly connected to the composition of the watershed. In the Kiefer Creek Watershed bacteria and chloride are...
St. Louis Sewers – Background
The St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer System transports wastewater and storm water for approximately 1.4 million people in a 535-square-mile service...
Large Rivers
Large rivers are generally those that flow across or along multiple states and have a large watershed or basin area....
River Management
The U.S. Corps of Engineers has been responsible for “developing” the Mississippi River Basin’s rivers since the early 1800s when Congress...
Nuclear Power in Missouri
MCE Appeals License Extension of Ameren Missouri's Callaway 1 Nuclear Reactor Ameren recently received a 20-year license extension from the...
Efficiency First – The Energy Solution
Energy efficiency is the cheapest, safest, and cleanest form of energy. Missouri has a long way to go before the...
West Lake Documents & Reports
The volume of documents and information related to the West Lake Landfill is large. MCE breaks it down for you...