Protecting Missouri's
Lakes, Rivers And Streams

Safe, clean water is crucial to both environmental stewardship and Missouri’s economy. Missouri's 5.8 million residents must have confidence that the water we drink and the water our children play in can be trusted at all times. For these reasons, we must protect this vital resource from all forms of dangerous biological and chemical contaminants.

Water is critical to the economic future of our state. Our key location at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers has blessed us with an abundance of water that allows industry to flourish. Our rivers must be protected for their scenic beauty and their value as a resource.

To protect our environment and to assure that we provide our children with a future of abundance, the Attorney General's Office will protect our streams, rivers, and groundwater from chemical and bacterial contaminants. We will keep our waters from being choked with contaminants that destroy a sound ecosystem. As Missourians, we share the opportunity and the obligation to protect this valuable resource.

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Recent Clean Water Enforcement Actions

• Pepper’s Pizza (Resolved 6/24/11)
  • Restaurant and bar owner failed to properly operate and maintain its wastewater treatment facility, submitted required monitoring permits and maintain access to the facility. Owner agreed to connect to regional sewer system and to a civil penalty of $18,000.00.
• Damsite Improvement Association (Resolved 4/22/11)
  • Corporation owning wastewater treatment facility for a subdivision failed to properly operate and maintain its facility. Corporation agreed to connect to regional sewer system and pay a civil penalty of $600.00.
• Central Jefferson County Utilities, Inc. and Raintree Plantation, Inc. (Resolved 4/19/11)
  • Owners of wastewater treatment facility serving residential subdivision failed to operate and maintain the facility in accordance with its permit. The violations were resolved and owners paid civil penalty of $2,000.00.
• Pendurthi Properties d/b/a Randy’s Market and Randy’s Carwash (Resolved 4/18/11)
  • Owners of a market and car wash failed to comply with the terms and conditions of their operating permits for their two separate wastewater treatment facilities when they failed to timely renew one permit, failed to properly maintain the facilities, failed to submit required monitoring reports and failed to close a facility after operations ceased. Owners agreed to a civil penalty of $14,000.00.
• Triad Development Company (Resolved 3/21/11)
  • Developer of commercial and residential property in Lincoln County had numerous and repeated violations its land disturbance permit, which resulted in significant pollution to waters of the state. Developer agreed to pay $60,000.00 civil penalty in a judgment approved by the circuit court.
• Robert and Brenda Watkins d/b/a Emerald Court Duplexes (Resolved 3/16/11)
  • Owners of wastewater treatment facility serving six duplexes violated the terms and condition of their operating permit and failed to renew the permit. They agreed to pay a civil penalty of $12,000.00, which was approved by the Camden County Circuit Court.
• St. James Estates, LLC (Resolved 2/4/11)
  • Developers of a residential subdivision failed to meet the requirements for owning and operating a land disturbance site and awater contaminant source. The Lincoln County Circuit Court entered a consent judgment requiring the developers to stabilize the site, terminate their permit, and pay a civil penalty of $25,000.00.
• Sunrise Beach RV Park, LLC (Resolved 1/5/11)
  • Owners of a RV park violated Missouri Clean Water Law by modifying a sewer system without a construction permit, failing to install a fence around the wastewater treatment facility, and unlawfully discharging wastewater to waters of the state. Owners agreed to pay a $6,000.00 civil penalty and to comply with the Missouri Clean Water Law in the future.
• City of Kansas City, Missouri (Resolved 1/5/11)
  • Kansas City owns and operates seven wastewater treatment facilities and 2,600 miles of sewer lines. In a Consent Judgment approved by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, the City agreed to resolve numerous releases of sewage by implementing an overflow response plan to reduce the risk from future spills and improve the City’s response to sewage releases. In a Settlement Agreement with the state of Missouri, the City agreed to pay civil penalties of $119,929.51 to the Jackson, Platte and Clay County school funds and $15,070.49 in damages and response costs to the Department of Natural Resources.
• Sunset View Estates WWTF, Inc. (Resolved 1/3/11)
  • Owner of subdivision’s wastewater treatment facility agreed to pay a civil penalty of $4,000.00 for failing to operate and maintain its facility in accordance with its Missouri state operating permit conditions. The Morgan County Circuit Court approved the Consent Judgment.
• Odessa R-VII School District (Resolved 12/27/10)
  • School district failed to comply with the terms of its land disturbance permit when developing two parcels of land. District agreed to civil penalty of $5,000.00.
• Robert Bowman d/b/a Oak View Apartments (Resolved 12/16/10)
  • Wastewater treatment facility serving Camden County apartment complex was cited for exceeding its Missouri state operating permit limits and for failing to document the addition of a dechlorination system. Owner agreed to pay a civil penalty of $10,000.00.
• Millstone Townhouses Owners Association (Resolved 12/6/10)
  • Homeowners association agreed to pay a $1,500.00 civil penalty to resolve violations of its Missouri state operating permit.
• David Brothers Dairy (Resolved 10/29/10)
  • To resolve various violations of the Missouri Clean Water Law and the terms of a December 2005 Settlement Agreement, the court ordered and the dairy operator agreed to perform schedule of compliance to close the dairy’s wastewater lagoons.
• Prairie View Mobile Home Park (Resolved 10/20/10)
  • Since March 2006, this mobile home park repeatedly violated the Missouri Clean Water Law in the operation of its wastewater treatment facility. The Lincoln County Circuit Court approved a Consent Judgment requiring the owners to make improvements and to properly operate and maintain the facility. The owners agreed to pay a civil penalty of $8,000.00.
• Double M Mobile Coach Ranch (Resolved 10/6/10)
  • Owner of a mobile home park discharged wastewater in excess of its permit limits and failed to submit monitoring reports. Default judgment imposing permanent injunction and civil penalty of $16,000.00 was entered by the Benton County Circuit Court.
• George James d/b/a/ Lake of the Woods Mobile Home Park (Resolved 10/6/10)
  • The owner of a mobile home park was ordered by the Boone County Circuit Court to pay a civil penalty of $2,500.00 for various violations of the Missouri Clean Water Law arising of the operation of his wastewater treatment facility.
• Nelson Leonard (Resolved 9/17/10)
  • Owner of property in Cooper County was discharging sewage from an inadequately maintained lagoon. Owner agreed to bring the property into compliance and pay a civil penalty of $6,000.00.
• LaPergola Homeowners Association, Inc. and Stewart Mellon, LLC (Resolved 8/11/10)
  • Owners of wastewater treatment facility in a Morgan County subdivision agreed to pay $1,000.00 civil penalty to resolve violations of its Missouri state operating permit.
• City of Milan (Resolved 7/7/10)
  • In order to resolve past violations of the Missouri Clean Water Law, the city of Milan agreed to a compliance schedule to modify or replace its wastewater treatment facility. The Judgment was approved by the Sullivan County Circuit Court.
• Algiere Salvage, LLC (Resolved 1/26/10)
  • Salvage company failed to apply for renewal of its Missouri state operating permit for its wastewater treatment facility, failed to obtain a land disturbance permit and discharged water contaminants into an unnamed tributary of Cedar Creek. Company agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1,500.00

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