(Kansas City, MO) – City Manager Brian Platt has named Wes Minder as the new director of KC Water. Minder previously served as Assistant City Manager for Kansas City, Missouri, in charge of special projects. Minder replaces Terry Leeds, who retired last month. Minder, a 16-year veteran with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, has Read more…
KC Water reminds customers to never pour FOG (fats, oils, or grease) in the sink or down a drain. FOG clogs our sewers. Over time, the grease builds up and hardens like a rock. It reduces the circumference of the pipes, restricting flow. You can take FOG to a Hazardous Household Waste facility. Check www.kcwater.us/HHW Read more…
KC Water Director Terry Leeds looks forward to future investments from the U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
(Kansas City, MO) – KC Water will restart the Keep Out the Rain program, beginning November 4, 2021. This is a complimentary program offered by KC Water to help Kansas City residents find and fix prohibited rainwater sources at their houses. In March of 2020, the program was placed on hold as a result of Read more…
(Kansas City, MO) –KC Water held a celebration event today to celebrate the completion of the new Trolley Trail Basin at South Oak Park. The earthen basin will prevent combined sewer overflows from going into local waterways near 83rd and Oak Street and do so in a cost-efficient way. At the celebration on October 22nd, Read more…
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, KC Water joins elected officials, water utilities, community leaders, educators, and businesses from across the country as part of the seventh annual Imagine a Day Without Water, a nationwide day of education and advocacy about the value of water. Led by the Value of Water Campaign, over a thousand organizations Read more…
(Kansas City, MO) – The mighty Missouri River is KC Water’s primary source for drinking water. But if the river ever got too low, KC Water would need a little help. That’s where auxiliary pumps, or ‘mud puppies’ as they are sometimes called…come in. You can watch part of the installation of the mud puppies Read more…
(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 30 West 31st Terrace at 3:00 p.m. Friday, October 1, 2021. The overflow ended at 8:34 p.m. the same day. KC Water investigators were performing dye testing in a sewer manhole to confirm the correct sewer line segment. The green dye and wastewater Read more…
(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 5516 N. Kansas Ave. at 6:14 p.m. Thursday, September 30, 2021. The overflow was fully contained and ended at 9:15 p.m. the same day. Crews found wastewater surfacing and entering Mill Creek from a 24-inch sewer. Repair crews have installed sandbags to contain Read more…
(Kansas City, MO) – Local leaders on Monday, August 30, 2021 got an inside look at the utility work that KC Water and private companies are performing along Main Street from Pershing Road to 51st and Brookside. This is to pave the way for the future KC Streetcar Main street extension. While great progress has Read more…