• Water: treats the City’s drinking water. Manages the water transmission and distribution piping system.

• Stormwater: maintains the City's levee and stormwater systems. Manages rainwater and snowmelt to improve water quality and minimize flooding.

• Wastewater: manages the wastewater collection system. Treats the City’s wastewater.

Drinking water and wastewater services are funded entirely by user fees charged to customers based upon their use of the product or services. No general tax fund revenues are used. Stormwater services are funded by user fees and stormwater capital projects are partially funded by the Public Improvement Advisory Committee sales tax.

Report from the Green Integration Collaborative Team
On Nov. 17, the independent Green Integration Collaborative Team presented its recommendations to the City Council’s EPA Response Team on how to cost effectively incorporate more green solutions into the Overflow Control Plan. Review the revised summary that was presented at that meeting. The information also was discussed at the stakeholder forum on Nov. 18. Comment on handout by e-mailing OCP-Info@kcmo.org or calling (816) 513-0124.

Water Services Utility Funding Task Force
The City recently formed the Water Services Utility Funding Task Force to help integrate community values into forming a funding strategy for the City’s water, sewer and stormwater utilities. The task force will develop guiding principles for the development of user charges and fees that are fair, equitable and sufficient to meet revenue requirements. The task force also will provide guidance on how to fund the Sewer Overflow Control Program.

Draft Overflow Control Plan Summary
This plan details the City’s commitment to decrease the frequency and volume of overflows from its combined and separate sanitary sewer systems. The plan is projected to cost $2.3 billion (excluding inflation) over the next 25 years and will be submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in January 2009. Recently, the public was asked to provide comments on the plan. Read the results.

"The Wave" -- the new Automatic Meter Reading system
The Water Services Department is implementing an automatic meter reading program, "the WAVE," with installation beginning in spring 2007 and ending in 2010. Using wireless radio transmitters, "the WAVE" remotely reads customer meters, and then transfers the data into the billing system. "The WAVE" will virtually eliminate estimated bills.

For Water Services Department questions, call the 3-1-1 Action Center at 311 or (816) 513-1313.