Kansas City Water: Customers Advised Of Wastewater Overflow Near 8800 NW Cadwaller Drive

Kansas City MO

19 May, 2022

3:23 PM

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Press release from Kansas City Water: May 18, 2022 (Kansas City, Mo.) – KC Water responded to a wastewater overflow near 8800 NW Cadwaller Drive at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2022. It ended at 6:00 p.m. the same day. A 10 inch main was found broken near the location. Wastewater surfaced and entered into Riss Lake. Wastewater repair crews are on site to make repairs. Warning signs will be posted and lime will be applied to the affected area. Buried underneath the streets of Kansas City are nearly 2,800 miles of sewer pipes hidden from view, but serving an important purpose: to move whatever goes down the drain or toilet away from our homes and businesses to the City's six wastewater treatment plants. There, pollutants are removed from the water before it is put back into our local rivers. Our wastewater systems protect public health and our environment, and some of the pipes are 50, 100, even 150 years old and still in use today. KC Water's Smart Sewer program is our commitment to reduce and prevent overflows from Kansas City's sewer system. For more information, contact Heather Frierson at [email protected] or (816) 513-0280. This press release was produced by Kansas City Water. The views expressed here are the author's own.