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Scientists test wastewater to determine where the coronavirus has spread, the pandemic affects operations and visitation at Leavenworth National Cemetery, a 99-year-old WWII veteran beats COVID-19, Kansas relaxes guidelines for meatpacking workers with COVID-19 contact, and the commencement speech of a valedictorian of Oak Park High School.
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Seg. 1: Your Water Bill And City Pollution. Seg. 2: Ethics Of Gun Bans & SNAP Benefits Restrictions.Segment 1: Why a consent decree between Kansas City and the EPA is impacting how much you pay for sewer services.For close to a decade, water bills in…
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Darrel Urban stands in front of a newly-dug pit the size of two football fields laid end-to-end, and ten feet deep. Soon, it will be full of hog waste,…
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Midwesterners are used to extreme weather. We take pride in enduring everything from torrential downpours to the most desiccating drought.Climate change…
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Whenever she takes people out on her boat, Vicki Richmond from the Healthy Rivers Partnership likes to ask if they know where their drinking water comes…
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Water rates in Kansas City, Missouri, have soared over the last several years. The average water bill has gone from $48 in 2009 to more than $100 today.…
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Earlier this month Kansas City, Missouri, residents raised their own property taxes for 20 years in part to help pay for federally-required improvements…
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Residents in Liberty, Missouri, now have a $78 million wastewater treatment plant, and will no longer rely on Kansas City for processing services.The…
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While scientists have gained a clearer understanding of what's causing recent earthquakes in the Great Plains, they haven't reached a point where people…
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Earthquakes in the Central U.S. have been steadily increasing due to oil production, gas extraction and disposal of wastewater. Seismologist Heather…
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Water is life — you drink it, cook with it and even shower in it — but unregulated runoff from farms and business can pose a threat to keeping it clean. A…
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Standing on a platform above the eastern bank of the Missouri River at the Kansas City, Missouri, Water Services’ intake plant is like being on the deck…