(Kansas City, MO) – KC Water is issuing a precautionary boil water advisory to customers within two areas in Jackson County – customers in the Northeast Industrial District and portions of the northern part of the Historic Old Northeast within the boundaries of I-35 to I-435, and from St. John Avenue to the Missouri River and Read more…
(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 800 E. 1st Street which started at 7:00 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, and ended at 7:30 p.m. the same day. Crews discovered a broken 12-inch main leaking wastewater. Westside treatment plant shut down the pumps which ended the overflow. Wastewater surfaced and Read more…
(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water seeks the public’s help in refraining from bringing certain hazardous household waste (HHW) materials to the HHW facility located at 4707 Deramus Avenue. Due to a shortage of processing capacity at incineration facilities across the country, KC Water asks that customers do not bring the following items until further Read more…
(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow from a manhole at 981 Carondelet Drive which started at 11:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2022, and ended at 1:30 p.m. the next day. Wastewater surfaced and entered into a storm ditch which leads to Indian Creek. Cleaning crews opened a root stoppage and Read more…
(Kansas City, MO) – KC Water celebrated the completion of the latest a new green infrastructure project at the Kansas City VA Medical Center. The green infrastructure project began in October of 2019 and is substantially complete. KC Water worked with KC Parks, the KCVA Medical Center, designers and contractors to develop a natural way Read more…
(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow at 6700 Zoo Drive and Yates Drive which started at 3:10 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, 2022 and ended at 7:00 p.m. the same day. Wastewater surfaced and entered into a tributary that leads to the Blue River. Cleaning crews opened a debris stoppage and Read more…
Heavy rainfall may damper outdoor plans, but it gives customers a chance to see KC Water’s Smart Sewer projects in action. For example, in the video it shows just how much rain water was captured at the Trolley Trail Basin after a downpour. Water that most likely would have overflowed from a combined sewer system Read more…
(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow at 9224 McGee Street which started at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, June 9, 2022. The overflow ceased at 12:00 a.m. Friday, June 10, 2022. Wastewater surfaced and entered a creek which leads to Dyke Branch. Wastewater repair crews set up bypass pumping and applied lime. Read more…
(Kansas City, Mo.) – Heavy rainfall has affected operations at three wastewater pump stations. This is causing highly diluted wastewater to spill into local waterways. The affected facilities are: 1.) Line Creek Pump Station, 2500 NW Tullison 2.) Pied Creek Pump Station, 6615 Eastside Drive 3.) Burlington Creek Pump Station, 4700 NW Green Hills Road The Line Creek Pump Station is Read more…
(Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow at 3752 N. Cherry Street which started at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 12, 2022. The overflow is ongoing. Wastewater surfaced and is entering into a spring that leads to the Missouri River. Wastewater repair crews are on site to implement bypass pumping and stop Read more…