Portion of S Third and W Muhammad Ali Blvd

Safe Swimming Pool Draining Tips Offered as Summer Closes

More than a decade after intense flash flooding throughout Louisville’s central core, southern and western portions, one of the hardest hit areas in the West End—the California Neighborhood—is celebrating the creation of a 20-acre park.

University of Louisville researchers say the current surge of COVID-19 cases in the city has revealed that testing wastewater samples provided by Louisville MSD is the most reliable way to track the presence of the disease in the community.

Until recently, a good steady or heavy rain may have resulted in a sewer overflow – where the volume of rainwater exceeds the sewer system capacity, combines with wastewater and overflows into the Ohio River and other area streams.

Louisville MSD has converted a key downtown corner to a visual oasis with the completion of a new building-sized mural.

The future for Middle Fork Beargrass Creek looks a bit brighter with the U.S.

While a section of 15th Street north of Broadway must remain closed to traffic for the emergency repair of a sewer line running beneath the pavement, MSD can keep limited access available for 15th Street south of Broadway between Maple and West Breckinridge streets. However, motorists must use extra caution and observe the new temporary traffic lights that only allow for one lane of traffic at a time.

The Waterway Protection Tunnel crossed a major milestone last week on the way to becoming operational this spring.

Installation of a 12-inch concrete liner inside the 4-mile tunnel was completed February 11. It was done in short sections pouring the concrete around 30-foot-long circular metal frames that were repeatedly assembled, disassembled and moved along the way.

Six employees of the Bullitt County Sanitation District (BSCD) became part of Louisville MSD on December 1 following MSD’s acquisition of BCSD on November 30.  With the transaction, MSD provides service to 4,200 Bullitt County residential customers formerly served by BCSD, Hunter’s Hollow Treatment Plant, Big Valley Sewer Utility and eight small package wastewater treatment plants.