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(Kansas City, Mo.) – Don’t let a quick decision in the kitchen ruin your holiday. “Be mindful of the things you pour down the drain because it can create an issue to your home and to a neighbor’s home,” said Amir Kenner, KC Water Senior Engineering Technician. We’re talking about fats, oils, and grease.  Pouring Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – What’s inside a brand new building along Barry Road will provide years of reliable water service to Kansas City’s Northland. On Friday, December 14th, KC Water, City leaders and neighbors cut the ribbon on the new Shoal Creek Pump Station. “It will pump about 15 million gallons a day from our Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – Finish cleaning out your garage now. KC Water’s Household Hazardous Waste facility at 4707 Deramus Avenue is about to close for two weeks. “It’s the end of year closure. We do the maintenance work and we clean out the facility of all waste so we can get a final number of Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – Due to today’s snowstorm, this week’s leaf and brush collection may be delayed. We still encourage customers in the central zone to set out their lawn bags on their regularly scheduled trash day. Crews will pick them up as soon as they are able. We thank everyone for their patience. For Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water is looking for some good ideas to educate the public and get them thinking about water quality, stormwater runoff, and protecting infrastructure. The Water Quality Small Grant Program is open to any non-profit organization in Missouri or Kansas completing water quality projects within the limits of Kansas City, Missouri. Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – Monday, November 26th begins the second round of leaf and brush pickup. Customers are asked to collect their lawn debris in paper bags and set them by the curb by 7:00 a.m. on their regularly-scheduled trash day. Here is the Fall 2018 schedule: For customers who live in CENTRAL Kansas City (from the Missouri Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – A new, innovative process to treat wastewater in Kansas City is one step closer to reality. After a competitive application process, KC Water recently received an invitation from the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to apply for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans. Of the 62 letters of interest Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – It’s no secret Kansas City’s infrastructure is in need of investment. A recent sinkhole at a local restaurant shows the problem. “We had an emergency failure on an old stormwater pipe. It’s an 84” pipe that rusted away and created a big sink hole here in the parking lot of Peachtree Read more…

First of Two Rounds of Curbside Leaf & Brush Collection Begins October 22nd

(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow at 4351 Blue Parkway on Monday, October 8th at 11:00 a.m. It ended on Wednesday, October 10th at 9:00 a.m. The overflow was the result of an unknown utility company boring through a 33” sewer main. Some of the spilled wastewater entered a catch basin Read more…