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(Kansas City, Mo.) – According to the book, Everybody Poops 410 Pounds a Year, we could spend some 9,000 hours on the toilet in our lifetime. That’s one full year. The same book also tells us Americans flush an estimated 200,000 trees worth of toilet paper a year. World Toilet Day is November 19th and Read more…

Ever wonder where the leaves and brush go?

(Kansas City, Mo.) – Yesterday KC Water’s water quality curriculum, “The Journey of Stormwater: From KC to the Sea” received a Sustainability Award from the Kansas City Industrial Council (KCIC). The award was presented at KCIC’s Annual Awards Breakfast. KCIC’s Sustainability Awards Program recognizes and promotes sustainable practices by businesses in the Kansas City Metropolitan Read more…

First of Two Rounds of Curbside Leaf & Brush Collection Begins October 26th

Award Winning Curriculum Introduces Local Students to Stormwater, Runoff, and Water Pollution

(Kansas City, Mo.) – On Tuesday, October 6th, KC Water invited community partners to see what pervious concrete, porous asphalt, grasscrete, permeable pavers, and large scale rain gardens look like and how they reduce and clean stormwater runoff, thus improving the water quality of area streams and rivers. It was a celebration for the completion Read more…

National Effort to Raise Awareness & Educate Public about Challenges Facing

National Effort to Raise Awareness & Educate Public about Challenges Facing Water Infrastructure & Water Resources, & Need for Investment

(Kansas City, Mo.) – This week KC Water joined more than 50 exhibitors at Bartle Hall to introduce middle and high school students to careers in public service. Leaders from the city of Kansas City, Missouri; Jackson County, Missouri; Johnson County, Kansas; and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas hosted the Read more…

Crops fertilized with digested human waste, resulting in cost savings & environmental benefits