KC Water Director Terry Leeds looks forward to future investments from the U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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KC Water Resumes the Keep Out the Rain Program
Posted on Nov 4, 2021(Kansas City, MO) – KC Water will restart the Keep Out the Rain program, beginning November 4, 2021. This is a complimentary program offered by KC Water to help Kansas City residents find and fix prohibited rainwater sources at their houses. In March of 2020, the program was placed on hold as a result of Read more…
KC Water Celebrated the Completion of the Trolley Trail Basin
Posted on Oct 22, 2021(Kansas City, MO) –KC Water held a celebration event today to celebrate the completion of the new Trolley Trail Basin at South Oak Park. The earthen basin will prevent combined sewer overflows from going into local waterways near 83rd and Oak Street and do so in a cost-efficient way. At the celebration on October 22nd, Read more…
KC Water Joins Seventh Annual “Imagine a Day Without Water” Campaign
Posted on Oct 20, 2021(Kansas City, MO) – Today, KC Water joins elected officials, water utilities, community leaders, educators, and businesses from across the country as part of the seventh annual Imagine a Day Without Water, a nationwide day of education and advocacy about the value of water. Led by the Value of Water Campaign, over a thousand organizations Read more…
KC Water Prepares Now for Possible Low River Levels
Posted on Oct 14, 2021(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…
Customers Advised of Wastewater Overflow near 30 West 31st Terrace
Posted on Oct 2, 2021(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…
Customers Advised of Wastewater Overflow near 5516 N. Kansas Ave.
Posted on Oct 1, 2021(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…
KC Water Hosts Bus Tour of Upgrades on Main Construction
Posted on Aug 31, 2021(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…
KC Water Tests Plant Operations, Pushing Water at Capacity
Posted on Aug 24, 2021(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…
Customers Advised of Wastewater Overflow near 5452 N. Bales Ave.
Posted on Aug 21, 2021(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…