(Kansas City, Mo.) – The availability of water service is essential for everyday life, and helping customers who are experiencing hardship is part of KC Water’s commitment to give back to the community. This year, KC Water again committed $300,000 to the Mid America Assistance Coalition to help customers who are unable to pay their Read more…
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KC Water’s Water Main Replacement Program Making a Difference
Posted on Dec 9, 2015(Kansas City, Mo.) – Much of Kansas City’s drinking water infrastructure, the 2,800 miles of water main beneath our streets, is nearing the end of its useful life. Some of the pipe has been in use since the late 1800’s. Aging infrastructure is a challenge every city across the country faces, and KC Water has Read more…
KC Water Project Selected as Sustainable Success Story
Posted on Dec 4, 2015(Kansas City, Mo.) – Today, KC Water’s “Swope Campus Parking Lot and Sustainable Stormwater Improvements Project” was named a 2015 Sustainable Success Story by the Mid-America Regional Council. The award highlights sustainability programs throughout the region. This year’s focus was on green infrastructure, such as stormwater management. The Swope Campus Project incorporates stormwater best management Read more…
KC Water Highlights World Toilet Day
Posted on Nov 19, 2015(Kansas City, Mo.) – According to the book, Everybody Poops 410 Pounds a Year, we could spend some 9,000 hours on the toilet in our lifetime. That’s one full year. The same book also tells us Americans flush an estimated 200,000 trees worth of toilet paper a year. World Toilet Day is November 19th and Read more…
KC Water Curbside Leaf and Brush Collection Underway
Posted on Nov 3, 2015Ever wonder where the leaves and brush go?
KC Water’s Water Quality Curriculum, “From KC to the Sea,” Receives Fifth Award
Posted on Oct 23, 2015(Kansas City, Mo.) – Yesterday KC Water’s water quality curriculum, “The Journey of Stormwater: From KC to the Sea” received a Sustainability Award from the Kansas City Industrial Council (KCIC). The award was presented at KCIC’s Annual Awards Breakfast. KCIC’s Sustainability Awards Program recognizes and promotes sustainable practices by businesses in the Kansas City Metropolitan Read more…
KC Water Invites Customers to Bag-Up Leaves and Brush
Posted on Oct 22, 2015First of Two Rounds of Curbside Leaf & Brush Collection Begins October 26th
KC Water Begins a New Year of “KC to the Sea”
Posted on Oct 16, 2015Award Winning Curriculum Introduces Local Students to Stormwater, Runoff, and Water Pollution
KC Water & Community Partners Celebrate Swope Campus Parking Lot Completion
Posted on Oct 9, 2015(Kansas City, Mo.) – On Tuesday, October 6th, KC Water invited community partners to see what pervious concrete, porous asphalt, grasscrete, permeable pavers, and large scale rain gardens look like and how they reduce and clean stormwater runoff, thus improving the water quality of area streams and rivers. It was a celebration for the completion Read more…
KC Water Asked Local Businesses & Organizations to “Imagine a Day Without Water”
Posted on Oct 8, 2015National Effort to Raise Awareness & Educate Public about Challenges Facing