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Tweet It’s Monday, but that doesn’t mean you have to water the grass today. And that has nothing to do with the weekend rain or the forecast. WaterOne can prove that we like to water on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. They would like to see that spread out a little bit. WaterOne’s suggestion is to [...]
Tweet A water main break that made for sluggish traffic along Mission Road Thursday will cause additional detours today. WaterOne, Johnson County’s water utility, was forced to close Mission Road near 86th Street almost all day Thursday on account of the main break, which occurred sometime around 8 p.m. Tuesday night. Detours at 83rd Street [...]
Tweet Well, if you had to pick a November day to be outside working with flowing water, this would be the one. A broken water main at 70th Terrace and Roe Avenue in Prairie Village had several WaterOne crews busy Tuesday afternoon. The main break was sending water gushing from just south of McCrum Park [...]
Tweet Alright: before we get into this next story, I need you all to promise me that you’re not going to freak out and start filling up your bathtubs and sitting next to them with a shotgun in the middle of the night muttering, “Ain’t nobody takin’ my water…” Because there is definitely, 100 percent, [...]
Tweet Looks like commuters could be in for a slog along Shawnee Mission Parkway this evening. The city of Fairway sent out a notice this afternoon alerting residents to a broken water main near the intersection of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Mission Road. The message is copied below: There has been a water main break [...]
Tweet Crews have made swift work of the behemoth water tower that stood over McCrum Park. Since they began dismantling it Friday, they’ve managed to take down the entirety of the water tank itself, and have nearly desconstructed the support braces and legs. As of 5 p.m. Monday, all that remained was the bottom half [...]
Tweet Weather permitting, the removal of the decommissioned water tower at McCrum Park in Prairie Village could begin as early as this week, Prairie Village Public Works Director Bruce McNabb has told the Prairie Village Parks and Recreation Committee. WaterOne, Johnson County’s water utility, has sold the tank to a company that will reuse it [...]
Tweet Just a few days after a water main broke in the 7400 block of Fontana Street, another is gushing water on 74th Street, just a few blocks away. WaterOne is sending crews out to the scene, and it’s unclear at this point whose water service is affected. Houses east of the break on the [...]
Tweet A neighbor in the 7400 block of Fontana Street reports a water main break there, with all houses between 74th Street and 75th Street facing Fontana experiencing water outages. 74th Place and 74th Terrace not currently affected. We’ll update this post when we get new details. UPDATED 5:17: WaterOne says they are in the [...]
Tweet The McCrum Park water tower removal that had initially been targeted to start this fall is now set to begin the the second week of January. Hanley Barker, facilities engineering manager for WaterOne (Johnson County’s water utility), said it will take three weeks to remove the tower itself. Crews will then spend February and [...]
Tweet Possible contamination from a water main break has led WaterOne to issue a boil order for its customers in Johnson County. The boil advisory is in effect until 5 p.m. Saturday, and may be extended. To comply with the advisory, customers should boil water for two minutes before drinking it. Water from the tap [...]
