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Topic: Missouri River

Metropolitan Sewer District workers are seen being boated to shore at the completion of their shift as they monitor the nearby levee along the banks of the Meramec River on May 4, 2017 in Fenton, Missouri. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

Mo. River levee repairs may take years

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
FILE - This Oct. 11, 2013 file photo shows cleanup at the site of a Tesoro Corp. pipeline break that spilled more than 20,000 barrels of oil into a Tioga, N.D., wheat field. The massive oil spill still isn't fully cleaned up three years and three months after it happened. The company responsible hasn't even set a date for completion. Some say that one of the largest onshore oil spills recorded in the U.S. serves as a cautionary example, especially given a recent pipeline break about 150 miles south and ongoing debates over the four-state Dakota Access pipeline. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom, File) (AP)

James Macpherson
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