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(Kansas City, MO) – The mighty Missouri River is KC Water’s primary source for drinking water. But if the river ever got too low, KC Water would need a little help. That’s where auxiliary pumps, or ‘mud puppies’ as they are sometimes called…come in. You can watch part of the installation of the mud puppies Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 30 West 31st Terrace at 3:00 p.m. Friday, October 1, 2021. The overflow ended at 8:34 p.m. the same day. KC Water investigators were performing dye testing in a sewer manhole to confirm the correct sewer line segment.  The green dye and wastewater Read more…

(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 5516 N. Kansas Ave. at 6:14 p.m. Thursday, September 30, 2021.  The overflow was fully contained and ended at 9:15 p.m. the same day.  Crews found wastewater surfacing and entering Mill Creek from a 24-inch sewer.  Repair crews have installed sandbags to contain Read more…

(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…