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Ameren responsible for contamination in St. Charles wellfield, EPA testing finds

2 years 1 month ago
The Environmental Protection Agency identified an Ameren substation as the source of the contamination that has led the city of St. Charles to close multiple water wells. In a press release, the EPA said the results mean Ameren will be required to to address the contamination originating from the Huster Road Substation. “The Superfund program operates under the ‘polluter pays’ principle,” EPA Region 7 Superfund and Emergency Management Division Director Bob Jurgens said in the press release. Ameren…
Sam Clancy and Brent Solomon, KSDK

178 parishes to be consolidated into 88 'pastorates,' Archdiocese of St. Louis announces

2 years 1 month ago
In a newly released draft, the Archdiocese of St. Louis outlined the proposed changes coming to the church as part of its "All Things New" restructuring plan. In the draft released Wednesday, the archdiocese said its 178 parishes will be consolidated into 88 pastorates, which the archdiocese described as a community overseen by one pastor and pastoral team. Maps included in the announcement show instances of multiple current parishes becoming one pastorate and others where existing parishes remain…
Sam Clancy and Laura Barczewski, KSDK