(KANSAS CITY, Ks) — The Kansas City Board of Public Utilities (BPU) released its annual Water Quality Report. The 2021 report, which can be found online by clicking here, is also being mailed to all customers via hard copy as part of the Spring/Summer BPU Connection Newsletter.

BPU is pleased to report that its water meets or surpasses all standards for safe and high-quality water. BPU delivers safe and reliable drinking water through almost 1,000 miles of pipes to its customers. BPU crews upgraded over 6 miles of pipes in 2020. BPU proudly serves over 53,000 residential and commercial customers in a service area of over 152 square miles. The service area includes Kansas City, Kansas, Edwardsville, southern Leavenworth County, parts of Bonner Springs and a small section of northern Johnson County.

BPU’s state-of-the art water system pumps 30 million gallons of water a day (MGD), including one water treatment facility; three major pump stations and two of the nation’s largest horizontal collector wells. In 2021, BPU produced over 10 billion gallons of safe drinking water for the community.

The water quality report was generated based on BPU’s certified laboratory, which ran over 41,800 tests on over 8,700 water samples to ensure that its water meets quality standards.

The Annual Water Quality Report features detailed information and explanations about the make-up of BPU’s water over the previous year.

Descriptions of BPU’s treatments methods, production volume, and water sources are also provided.

BPU tap water is also local, environmentally friendly, and comes with significant value - a penny per gallon delivered to the customer’s tap for the average residential customer. More information about BPU can be found at www.bpu.com.