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(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…

(Kansas City, MO) – To keep water faucets running, toilets flushing, and sprinklers sprinkling, KC Water produces about 100 million gallons of water each day.  But the treatment plant can produce more than twice that amount and on Wednesday, August 18th, plant operators pushed the plant to full capacity.  You can see the process in Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 5452 N. Bales at 1:41 p.m. Saturday, August 21, 2021.  Wastewater crews are onsite to resolve the problem and restore normal flow to the collection system. Repairs are ongoing and wastewater has entered Mill Creek. Workers are setting up bypass pumping to redirect Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 4101 N. Mersington at 1:51 p.m. Thursday, August 19, 2021 where crews found a broken 10-inch sewer main located in the creek. Wastewater surfaced and is entering into Buckeye Creek. Wastewater crews have been called to contain and start bypass pumping and will Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a report of wastewater in East Fork Line Creek around 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 4, 2021.  Crews located the source of the wastewater around 8:15 p.m. near 8026 N. Thomas Meyers Drive.  The overflow was caused by a break in an 18 inch sewer.  Contract crews are Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 4605 Virginia at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 4, 2021 where crews found a 27-inch sewer main plugged with rock. Wastewater surfaced and entered into Brush Creek. The overflow ended at 4:30 p.m. the same day. Contract crews have been called to remove the Read more…

(Kansas City, MO) – KC Water’s CID Green Infrastructure Project has earned The American Public Works Association’s (APWA) 2021 Public Works Project of the Year Award. The winners publicly developed, owned and maintained infrastructure projects that promote excellence in construction management and administration. The APWA’s 2021 Public Works Project of the Year Award is in Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 4101 N. Corrington Ave. at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, 2021. The overflow ended at 10:58 p.m. the same day.  An investigation found a broken encasement between two manholes. Wastewater surfaced and entered into Randolph Creek. Contract crews contained the overflow and implemented Read more…

(Kansas City, MO) – Power is back on at KC Water’s Blue River Wastewater Treatment Plant. Power was restored at 4:30 and restart operations at the plant are underway.  We want to thank Evergy for their work helping get the plant back online. For more information, please contact Brooke Givens, Communications and Outreach Manager, at Read more…

(Kansas City, MO) – KC Water’s Blue River Wastewater Treatment Plant lost power during overnight storms.  This means the plant cannot treat wastewater and is currently discharging untreated wastewater into the Blue River.  Crews are working to restore power as quickly as possible. The Blue River Wastewater Treatment Plant located at 7300 Hawthorne Road is Read more…