The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, is under a 25-year, $1 billion consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency to overhaul its sewer system. Even with yearly rate increases to fund consent decree requirements, money will be tight as inflation continues to impact the industry.This is one of the reasons Kansas City, Kansas Environmental Services — rebranded from its former “Water Pollution Control” name to improve public perception — is doing everything it can to manage its assets responsibly, economically and efficiently. To meet its consent decree commitments, KCKES aims to inspect 40 miles of sewer pipes
