(Kansas City, Mo.) – Now would be a good time to finish cleaning out your garage. KC Water’s Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) facility at 4707 Deramus Avenue is about to close for two weeks. It’s the end of year closure. KC Water crews perform maintenance work clean out the facility of all waste to get Read more…
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KC Water Reminds Customers to Keep Fats, Oils, and Grease Out of the Drains
Posted on Nov 21, 2019(Kansas City, MO) – During the hustle of preparing holiday meals, this is a good time to remind everyone to properly discard of fats, oils and grease (FOG). The best way to dispose of FOG is to keep it in a container and dispose of it in the trash or at our Household Hazardous Waste Read more…
KC Water Highlights Use of Boring Machine to Dig Tunnel for Turkey Creek Flood Damage Reduction Project
Posted on Nov 6, 2019(Kansas City, MO) – KC Water is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to install six new storm pipes underground to ease flooding along Southwest Boulevard and 31st Street. This is a part of the Turkey Creek Flood Damage Reduction Project. Each pipe, 96 inches in diameter, will be placed underneath the railroad Read more…
KC Water Celebrates Groundbreaking on the Swope Park Industrial Area Flood Risk Reduction Project
Posted on Nov 4, 2019(Kansas City, MO) – KC Water kicked off the official start of the Swope Park Industrial Area Flood Risk Reduction Project Friday, November 1st with a ceremonial groundbreaking. Colonel Bill Hannan Jr., Kansas City District Director of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City Councilmembers Ryana Parks-Shaw and Lee Barnes Jr. and business owner Read more…
KC Water to Hold Groundbreaking for Swope Park Industrial Area Flood Risk Reduction Project
Posted on Oct 30, 2019(Kansas City, MO) – KC Water will celebrate the beginning of construction for the Swope Park Industrial Area Flood Risk Reduction Project with a groundbreaking ceremony this Friday, November 1, 2019. The Swope Park Industrial Area, located near 75th Street and Cleveland has coped with severe flooding in years past. In August of 2017, a Read more…
KC Water Invites Customers to Bag Up Leaves and Brush
Posted on Oct 29, 2019Curbside Leaf & Brush Collection Begins November 4th (Kansas City, Mo.) – Get out your rake. It’s time for fall lawn cleanup. Curbside leaf and brush collection will start Monday, November 4, 2019 and will continue until December 6th. There will only be one collection this year. Customers are asked to collect their lawn debris Read more…
KC Water Participates in Fifth Annual “Imagine a Day without Water” Awareness Campaign
Posted on Oct 21, 2019KC Water Participates in Fifth Annual “Imagine a Day without Water” Awareness Campaign (Kansas City, MO) – On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, KC Water will join others across the country for the fifth annual Imagine a Day without Water, a day of education and advocacy about the value of water. Led by the Value of Read more…
Customers Advised of Wastewater Overflow Near 2700 NW Vivion Rd.
Posted on Oct 8, 2019(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 2700 NW Vivion Rd. at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 8, 2019. The overflow ended the same day at 11:45 a.m. and spilled approximately 525 gallons of wastewater. A manhole was found overflowing near the area. Wastewater surfaced and entered into a storm catch Read more…
KC Water Moves Forward with Demolition of Shopping Center at 103rd and Wornall
Posted on Sep 30, 2019(Kansas City, MO) – The walls are coming down. After years of flooding, the shopping center at 103rd and Wornall is being demolished. On Monday, September 30th city leaders celebrated the next step in the transformation of this south Kansas City neighborhood. After the historic floods of 2017, the City of Kansas City purchased the shopping Read more…
Customers Advised of Wastewater Overflow Near 4104 N. Mersington Ave.
Posted on Sep 28, 2019(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 4104 N. Mersington Ave. at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 27, 2019. The overflow ended the same day at 8:35 p.m. and spilled approximately 5,925 gallons of wastewater. A 10” sewer pipe was found broken between two manholes. Wastewater surfaced and entered into Buckeye Read more…