(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…
(Kansas City, MO) – Most of the time, KC Water crews replace pipes underneath a major road or neighborhood street but new technology allows crews to place a pipe almost anywhere…even underneath a river. KC Water contractors are using a process called Horizontal Directional Drilling to replace a 70 year-old wastewater pipe near Searcy Creek Read more…
(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water joins the national effort to raise awareness about the need for investment in the nation’s infrastructure. From May 10-14, 2021, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, AFL-CIO, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and other national and local business, labor and policy organizations will kick off a week-long education and Read more…
Students launch a floating wetland (Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water may already be working with the next generation of water department engineers. On May 11th, three North Kansas City (NKC) School District students launched a floating wetland project in a pond at 81st and Troost. Sixth-grade students in NKC’s Students in Academically Gifted Education Read more…
(Kansas City, Mo.) – This week’s Drinking Water Week offers customers an opportunity to recognize the hardworking people performing various roles ensuring tap water is “There When You Need It.” KC Water has about 850 employees working around the clock to bring you quality water services. Watch this video of one of those professions. Drinking Read more…
This Year’s Theme: “There When You Need It” (Kansas City, MO) – KC Water joins water professionals across the country to celebrate Drinking Water Week. This year’s theme is “There When You Need It.” KC Water is observing Drinking Water Week, May 2nd – 8th, by recognizing the vital role tap water plays in daily Read more…
Federal judge approves revised agreement for Smart Sewer Program (Kansas City, Mo.) – Welcome news for KC Water customers concerned with years of escalating wastewater rates. A federal judge recently signed the long-negotiated Third Amended Consent Decree agreed upon by the City of Kansas City, Missouri, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, which focuses on reducing wet weather overflows from the City’s Read more…
(Kansas City, Mo.) – Listen as Terry Leeds, Director of KC Water and President of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) discuss Engineering the Future of Clean Water with Adam Krantz, Chief Executive Officer of NACWA and Mahesh Lunani of 21st Century Water. In this 38-minute conversation, they discuss COVID-19 impacts on the Read more…