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(Kansas City, Mo.) – Every day, toilets and drains across Kansas City send millions of gallons of wastewater away from homes and businesses.  That dirty water goes to treatment plants where KC Water cleans it and returns it to the Missouri River in better condition than when it was received. Recently, The National Association of Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 5035 Raytown Road which started on July 31, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. and ended August 1, 2019 at 4:25 p.m. A collapsed manhole was found at this location with wastewater surfacing which spilled into Round Grove Creek. Wastewater repair crews are on site. Read more…

(Kansas City, MO) – The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning which will produce a combination of dangerous heat and humidity throughout the Midwest. Even when there is an excessive heat warning in the forecast, work continues for KC Water. On days like these, crews keep cool with plenty of water and Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 8202 NW Cadwallader Road at 11:50 a.m. Tuesday, July 16, 2019. The overflow ended the same day at 8:00 p.m. and spilled approximately 7,350 gallons of wastewater.  A man hole was found overflowing at this location. Cleaning crews opened a debris stoppage and Read more…

(Kansas City, MO) – KC Water employees recently had the privilege of visiting with a very young engineer.   Damon Mertz is only 5 years old but he can tell you a lot about a wastewater pump station. His mother, Heather Kellam, said Damon has always wanted to know where things would go.  “It started Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – The Blue River Wastewater Treatment Plant experienced a power outage Wednesday morning which affected plant operations. The severe weather that hit Kansas City Wednesday affected the power grid in the area of Front and Hawthorne Streets shortly after 9:00 a.m. This caused the treatment plant to lose power to multiple electrical feeds leading into the facilities.  Power was fully restored Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) KC Water’s contractor completed infrastructure repairs Sunday at the location of 3507 Gillham Road following a sinkhole cave-in last week.  This included repairs of a 60” combined sewer, a 10” sanitary sewer, and a 10” water main.  Street restoration was completed this evening allowing for one lane of traffic in both directions. Read more…

(Kansas City) This weekend’s heavy rainfall has affected operations at four wastewater pump stations.  This is causing highly diluted wastewater to spill into local waterways. The affected facilities are: 87th Street Pump Station, 8810 Prospect Avenue Buckeye Creek Pump Station, 5201 NE Birmingham Road Birmingham Pump Station, 11011 NE Birmingham Road Burlington Creek Pump Station, 4700 Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 9707 Shepherd Dr. at 6:20 p.m. Saturday, June 15, 2019. The overflow ended the same day at 9:00 p.m. and spilled approximately 8,000 gallons of wastewater.  A cleaning crew opened a grease stoppage and restored normal flow to the 8” sewer main.  Wastewater Read more…