ABSTRACT
The Blacksnake Creek and stormwater runoff in St. Joseph, MO, is currently piped along with sewage in a 100-year old pipe not large enough to carry all the stormwater and sewage to the wastewater treatment plant and it overflows to the Missouri River after most rainstorms. The Blacksnake Creek Stormwater Separation Project will convey stormwater directly to the Missouri River. This will reduce water quantity in the existing sewer during storms and the quantity of combined stormwater and wastewater overflowing to the river. Currently, a 2.75 m ID and 2 km long segmental tunnel is under construction as part of the Separation Project. This project is an America’s First, using segments solely reinforced with macro synthetic fibre (MSF). This paper addresses the solutions to the technical challenges of the project, the design of the segments and the benefits associated with the use of MSF.
