Wastewater Treatment Division Realizes Annual Savings of $376,000
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KC Water Alerts Drivers to East 63rd Street Detour Due to Broken Valve
Posted on Feb 16, 2017(Kansas City, Mo.) – Drivers who use East 63rd Street for their daily commute should prepare for delays tonight and tomorrow morning. Wednesday evening an underground water valve burst at East 63rd and Winchester Avenue. No one is without water, but the road sustained significant damage. Repair work on the valve will be completed today. Restoration work Read more…
Public Meeting Set for Updates of Water Main Rules, Regulations, and Standards
Posted on Feb 16, 2017(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water plans on May 1, 2017, to enact annual updates to three documents: Rules and Regulations for Water Service Lines Rules and Regulations for Water Main Extensions and Relocations Standards and Specifications for Water Main Extensions and Relocations To learn more about the details of these updates, meet KC Water Read more…
KC Water Installs New Large Flow Meters to More Accurately Track Water Usage
Posted on Jan 25, 2017(Kansas City, Mo.) – Water utilities need to know where the water goes after it leaves the treatment plant. Small meters do the job for homes, while large flow meters are used for larger customers such as hotels, retirement homes, and apartment complexes. “These flow meters allow us to track water usage on large commercial Read more…
KC Water Celebrates More Than A Year With No Lost Time Injuries Within the Wastewater Division
Posted on Jan 17, 2017(Kansas City, Mo.) – In 2016, KC Water treated more than 32 billion gallons of wastewater, sending it back to the Missouri River cleaner than when it was taken out. And last year, workers in the wastewater treatment division did the job without getting seriously hurt. On Monday, January 16, 2017, the employees of KC Read more…
KC Water Celebrates the Accomplishments of 2016
Posted on Jan 13, 2017(Kansas City, Mo.) – Before getting too far into 2017, KC Water looks back at its accomplishments and investments of 2016. Here are a few examples of KC Water’s 2016 achievements: We brought home nine prestigious awards, including the coveted Platinum Award from the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies. We produced 30 billion gallons of Read more…
Water Discoloration Was a Brief, Isolated & Safe Event
Posted on Jan 3, 2017(Kansas City, Mo.) – Early morning, Friday, December 30, 2016, during the water treatment process at KC Water’s Water Treatment Plant, an excess of sodium permanganate was added to the raw water treatment system causing the water to have a pink color. As a result, some customers, primarily north of the river (nearest the Water Read more…
KC Water Customers Might Notice Slightly Discolored Water
Posted on Dec 30, 2016(Kansas City, Mo.) – Overnight, during the water treatment process at KC Water’s Water Treatment Plant, an excess of sodium permanganate was added to the raw water treatment system causing the water to have a pink color. As a result, customers may notice a pinkish hue to their tap water, which will dissipate over the Read more…
KC Water Completes Repairs to Large Sewer Main Over Brush Creek
Posted on Dec 19, 2016(Kansas City, Mo.) – Less than five months after a sewer main that was built in 1925 suddenly collapsed over Brush Creek, flow is once again moving through a new pipe. On July 14th, KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 4821 Chelsea Avenue. What workers found was a 72” sewer main broken apart Read more…
KC Water Alerts Drivers of Road Closure Due to Water Main Repair
Posted on Dec 15, 201687th Street Traffic Circle, on West Side of I-435, to Close December 19th