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The River des Peres (French: rivière des Pères) (English: / d ʌ ˈ p ɛər /) is a 9.3-mile (15.0 km) [1] metropolitan river in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the backbone of sanitary and storm water systems in the city of St. Louis and portions of St. Louis County. Its largest tributaries are Deer Creek and Gravois Creek. At St. Louis, the ...
In 1954, Bi-State completed a study of St. Louis County's sewage system which would lead to the creation of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District in February that same year. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] In the 1960s, Bi-State facilitated several agreements that would change infrastructure and governance in the St. Louis region.
Barges on the Mississippi near the Port of St. Louis, 2012. The St. Louis Port Authority is responsible for managing the facilities that make St. Louis, Missouri, the United States second-busiest inland port. [1] St. Louis is the northernmost port on the Mississippi River that is free of canal locks and is ice-free year-round.
The District collects and reclaims an average of 83 million US gallons (310,000 m 3) per day of wastewater. Current plans call for expansion of the district's facility to allow for up to 110 million US gallons (420,000 m 3 ) per day of wastewater to be treated, which will be needed as the Las Vegas Valley continues to grow.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) is a government agency that was founded in 1991 to manage Southern Nevada's water needs on a regional basis in Clark County.. SNWA provides wholesale water treatment and delivery for the greater Las Vegas Valley and is responsible for acquiring and managing long-term water resources for Southern Nevada.
The St. Louis region’s port system is the second-largest inland port system in the United States, and was ranked the most efficient port system by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The St. Louis regional port system is responsible for 8% of the 855 miles of the Mississippi River, but carries one-third of the river’s total freight. [42]
The Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) is a not-for-profit government water supply agency that has been providing water to the Las Vegas Valley since 1954. The district helped build the area's water delivery system and now provides water to more than one million people in Southern Nevada. Today the District provides water to the City of ...
The Las Vegas City Marshals (LVCM) is a limited-jurisdiction security police agency of the city of Las Vegas, Nevada.The LVCM is responsible for providing law enforcement and security services to buildings, parks, trails, and other lands and properties owned, leased, or controlled by the Las Vegas municipal government.