About EPA
EPA Region 7 (Midwest)
Serving Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and nine Tribal Nations
Flood Water Precautions
EPA cautions the public and all responders about the potential hazards of flood waters.
Every effort should be made to limit contact with flood water due to potentially elevated levels of contamination associated with raw sewage and other hazardous substances.
More on sanitation and hygiene after a flood, from CDC.
Key Issues
- Agriculture in Region 7
- Bannister Federal Complex in Kansas City, Missouri
- Carter Carburetor Site in St. Louis, Missouri
- Cleanups
- Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program
- Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) and CAFO inspections
- Doe Run Resources Corp. of St. Louis, Missouri
- Healthy Homes Community Initiative
- Historic Highways Project
- Joplin, Missouri, Tornado Response
- Kansas City, Missouri, Consent Decree - Clean Water Act
- National Beef Leathers (Prime Tanning) Sludge Investigation
- Omaha Lead Superfund Site
- Recovery Act projects in Region 7
- Solid waste issues in Region 7
- St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District Settlement
- Strecker Forest Environmental Review in Wildwood, Missouri
- A-Z Index of all Region 7 topics
Regional Priorities
- Protecting and improving water quality across America's greatest watershed, the Missouri-Mississippi Basin
- Remedying a legacy of polluted soil by cleaning up neighborhoods in places as diverse as downtown Omaha and rural Missouri's Lead Belt
- Enforcing a new generation of air quality laws that encourage industrial and transport innovation by protecting public health
Region 7 News & Events
