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Spring Cleaning Is the Perfect Time to Take Advantage of KC Water’s Household Hazardous Waste Facility
Posted on Mar 23, 2016(Kansas City, Mo.) – Take a look in your garage or basement. Are you like so many others who have jugs, cans, and bottles of outdated chemicals or paint? Please don’t throw them away! Doing so can harm our streams and rivers. Instead, take them to Kansas City’s Household Hazardous Waste Facility where they can Read more…
KC Water Offers Solutions for Fix a Leak Week
Posted on Mar 14, 2016(Kansas City, Mo.) – The shower drips. The sink leaks. These seemingly small amounts of water quickly add up. According to the EPA: The average household’s leaks can account for more than 10,000 gallons of water wasted every year, or the amount of water needed to wash 270 loads of laundry. Household leaks can waste Read more…
KC Water to Present Fiscal Year 2017 Capital Improvement Plan
Posted on Feb 12, 2016(Kansas City, Mo.) – Mayor Pro Tem Scott Wagner, 3rd District Councilman Jermaine Reed, Chair of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, City Manager Troy Schulte, KC Water Director Terry Leeds, and KC Water Engineering Officer Andy Shively will present KC Water’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for Fiscal Year 2017 on Tuesday, February 16. The presentation Read more…
Two KC Water Projects Selected to Participate in Landscape Performance Study
Posted on Feb 5, 2016(Kansas City, Mo.) – The Middle Blue River Basin Green Solutions Pilot Project and the Swope Campus Parking Lot and Sustainable Stormwater Improvements Project have been selected for inclusion in the 2016 Landscape Architecture Foundation Case Study Investigation (CSI) program. CSI is a research collaboration that matches student-faculty research teams with industry leaders. Together, they will develop Read more…
KC Water Issues Wastewater Bonds at Low Rate
Posted on Jan 28, 2016Bonds Will Enable Nearly $163 million in Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements
KC Water Announces Storm Drain Manhole Design Contest Winner
Posted on Jan 21, 2016(Kansas City, Mo.) – Most of us likely pay little attention to manhole covers. After all, there are tens of thousands of them cemented into concrete storm drains across Kansas City. But soon, you’ll have a good reason to take a closer look. In October 2014, KC Water invited the community to submit designs for Read more…
Water Main Break Repairs Will Affect Northland Kansas City, Missouri Neighborhood
Posted on Jan 14, 2016(Kansas City, MO) – Due to a water main break and the anticipation of freezing temperatures tomorrow, KC Water crews will be making necessary water main repairs this evening, affecting approximately 200 homes in Kansas City’s Northland. The affected area stretches from the Gladstone City Limits east to N Hardesty Avenue/N Charleston Avenue, and from Read more…
KC Water Could Put the $1.5 Billion Powerball Jackpot to Good Use
Posted on Jan 13, 2016(Kansas City, Mo.) – The big question today is, “What would you do if you won the Powerball?” KC Water has some ideas for how it would spend $1.5 billion. Kansas City has 2,800 miles of water main and more than 2,800 miles of sewer main beneath the streets. Some of the pipe has been Read more…
KC Water Reminds Customers to Prepare Their Pipes Now for Extreme Cold
Posted on Jan 8, 2016Simple steps can save customers from expensive repairs & damage from freezing pipes