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American Water Receives Safety Award from Missouri Water Environment Association

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American Water Receives Safety Award from Missouri Water Environment Association

VOORHEES, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– American Water (NYS: AWK) , the nation’s largest publicly traded water utility, today announced that its Contract Services Group received the 2012 Safety Award from the Missouri Water Environment Association (MWEA). The award, which recognized American Water for the highest level of safety compliance in its operation of the City of St. Charles wastewater treatment facility, is being presented today at the MWEA annual meeting.

“Safety is paramount to our company and we are honored to receive this award,” said David Choate, president of American Water‘s Contract Services Group. “Our St. Charles operations team continues to demonstrate its commitment to achieving a 100 percent safe workplace and providing operational excellence to the City of St. Charles. This award is a great example of our commitment to ensuring we have a safe workplace and an excellent safety program.”

The Safety Award is given annually by the MWEA to facilities within the State of Missouri that have the highest level of safety compliance. This is the second year American Water has won this award for its operation of the St. Charles facility, which includes the Mississippi River and Missouri River wastewater treatment plants. The two treatment facilities consistently operated better than limits set forth in the city’s operating permit, as specified by the State of Missouri Department of Natural Resources National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.

American Water‘s Contract Services Group has operated and maintained the City of St. Charles wastewater treatment facilities since 1984. The facilities treated an average of 8.236 million gallons of wastewater per day in 2012.

American Water‘s Contract Services Group provides water and wastewater operations and management solutions to municipalities and industrial clients in the U.S. and Canada. The Contract Services Group is part of American Water Enterprises, Inc., the wholly owned market-based subsidiary of American Water.

Founded in 1886, American Water is the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company. With headquarters in Voorhees, N.J., the company employs approximately 6,700 dedicated professionals who provide drinking water, wastewater and other related services to an estimated 14 million people in more than 30 states and parts of Canada.More information can be found at www.amwater.com.

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Police: Mo. bridge jumpers likely father, daughter

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Kansas City police say a father and daughter are presumed dead after they jumped, holding hands, from a highway bridge into the frigid Missouri River.

The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/16Nh281 ) reports witnesses told police two people got out of a truck around 11:35 a.m. Thursday, climbed over the railing on the Christopher S. Bond Bridge, and jumped into the water 120 feet below.

Police say the woman was holding something in a blanket that initially was thought to be a baby but more likely was the family’s Chihuahua.

The victims are believed to be a father in his 50s and daughter in her 30s who lived in a mobile home in a rural area south of Kansas City.

The bodies have not been recovered.

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Information from: The Kansas City Star, http://www.kcstar.com

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Mo. debate stalls environmental efforts on river

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Federal efforts to create thousands of acres of shallow-water Missouri River habitat to help an endangered fish species have been stalled for nearly six years in the waterway’s namesake state.

The issue recently came to a head when a Missouri agency refused to act on a permit request for a long-stalled project. That raises new questions about what will happen next in the effort to provide a refuge for young pallid sturgeon.

The conflict centers on where to dump dirt that’s excavated as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks to recreate about 20,000 acres of shallow-water habitat. So far, only 3,500 acres have been created.

Farm groups don’t want the soil dumped into the river, saying they’ll get the blame when it causes environmental problems. Proponents say rubbish.

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Mo. car dealer accused of stealing customer IDs

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A suburban Kansas City automobile dealer used personal information from customers and others who filled out credit applications to receive more than $1 million in fraudulent car loans, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said Tuesday.

Terry Lee Morrow Jr. stole the identities of at least 44 people through car a dealership in Missouri before moving to Illinois and creating another dealership, Koster said at a news conference. In Missouri, Morrow used personal information he gleaned from customers and people who filled out online credit applications on Edge Auto‘s websites to obtain $1,036,522 in fraudulent car loans that he then sold to auto finance companies for more than $470,000 in cash, Koster said.

Koster said he believes there are more victims investigators haven’t found. Since Missouri filed charges against Morrow last week, investigators have found evidence that he created a sham car dealership in Kansas City using forged documents to make it appear the business was owned and operated by one of his Edge Auto victims, Koster said. The address he used for the dealership would have placed it in the Missouri River, Koster said.

The Missouri attorney general’s office began investigating last year after a woman found a fake car loan on her credit report. Koster said that by the time his office got involved, Morrow had moved to Illinois and created Silver Star Motors in Cortland.

An Illinois customer also found a fraudulent car loan on his credit report and contacted authorities, who caught Morrow as he was attempting to leave that state, Koster said. Morrow was charged in DeKalb County with identity theft and is awaiting extradition to Missouri.

Morrow, 25, of Streamwood, Ill., was charged last week in Jackson County with 17 felony counts stemming from loans he received at Edge Auto Sales, a car dealership in Independence and Blue Springs. Additional felony charges are likely, Koster said.

The Jackson County prosecutor’s office said it didn’t know if Morrow had obtained an attorney in Illinois. Offices in DeKalb County, Ill., were closed Tuesday for Abraham Lincoln‘s birthday, which is a state holiday in Illinois.

Koster said his office has worked with the financing companies that bought the fraudulent loans to have them removed from victims’ credit reports. He said Morrow used fake addresses on the loan applications.

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Low-water rivers offering up glimpse of history

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Drought-drained rivers are offering a rare and fleeting glimpse into years gone by.

Lack of rain has left many rivers at low levels unseen for decades, creating problems for river commerce and recreation and raising concerns about water supplies and hydropower if the drought persists.

But receding water offers an occasional treasure trove of history.

An old steamboat is now visible on the Missouri River near St. Charles, Mo., and other old boats are showing up elsewhere. A World War II minesweeper, once moored as a museum at St. Louis before it was torn away by Mississippi River floodwaters in 1993, has become visible — rusted but intact.

And a rock containing what is believed to be an ancient map has emerged in the Mississippi River in southeast Missouri.

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