(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 4000 Mersington Ave. at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, July 9, 2020. The overflow ended a few hours later at 7:50 p.m. and spilled approximately 1,700 gallons of wastewater. The cause of the overflow was a broken 15” sewer main crews found while investigating a nearby overflowing manhole. Repair crews implemented bypass pumping to make needed repairs to the sewer main. Highly diluted wastewater entered a storm drainage ditch which leads to Brush Creek. Signs were posted near Brush Creek.
For more information contact Heather Frierson, KC Water Media Relations Coordinator, at heather.frierson@kcmo.org 816-513-0280, cell 816-674-0211.
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