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Infrastructure Week – May 14-21, 2018 – is a week-long series of events raising awareness about why it is #TimeToBuild better infrastructurePosted on May 16, 2018 (Kansas City, Mo.) – Today, KC Water announced its participation in the national advocacy and educational event, Infrastructure Week. Across the country, hundreds of businesses, labor organizations, elected officials and Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – As Drinking Water Week concludes, KC Water, the American Water Works Association and water professionals across North America encourage consumers to conserve water. Unlike other parts of the country, Kansas City is fortunate to be situated along the Missouri River which provides more than enough water to meet Kansas City’s daily needs. However, water is Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – As Drinking Water Week concludes, two local businesses celebrate Kansas City tap water. At Swordfish Tom’s in the Crossroads, owner Jill Cockson is making a name for herself in ice. Not just any ice. She uses tap water to make 300 pound blocks of ice that she carves down to serving size. And Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – Today the City Council of the City of Kansas City, Missouri declared May 6-12, 2018, as Drinking Water Week in Kansas City. “Mr. Mayor and Members of the City Council, on behalf of KC Water’s 870-plus employees, thank you for taking the time to recognize not only Kansas City’s great-tasting and Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – As Drinking Water Week continues, KC Water joins the American Water Works Association in urging the collaboration between water utilities and the public to protect the source of our drinking water. Kansas City gets its drinking water from the Missouri River so keeping the river and the creeks and streams that feed it is Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – As Drinking Water Week continues, KC Water joins the American Water Works Association and water professionals across North America in encouraging water consumers to get to know their local H2O. Today, KC Water released an annual report entitled “2018 Water Quality Report: Delivering High Quality Water To Your Tap.” The report, which can be found online, Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water today kicked off this year’s Drinking Water Week with an invitation to “Protect the Source” throughout Kansas City. The clean safe drinking water that homes, schools, and businesses rely on comes from the Missouri River. Every day, KC Water turns millions of gallons of river water into drinking water. KC Water, Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – Every day KC Water has dozens of men and women making important improvements and repairs to Kansas City’s infrastructure. Much of that work happens underground and along busy roads. To help keep them safe crews set up traffic cones, signs and barricades. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work. “I’ve seen people run Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – Springtime means the beginning of lawn care season. Spring leaf and brush curbside collection begins Monday, April 9th. 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 Spring 2018 schedule: Residents who Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – Improvements are happening in the 18th and Vine District. The first is a new water main. The 8” main that’s in the ground now has been there since 1882. That’s 136 years! KC Water is replacing that pipe with a larger, 12” main for enhanced water service. This project starts at Read more…