Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, residents under precautionary water boil advisory

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, Water Division clients from Principal Road to Manchester Trafficway and from Independence Avenue to Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard are suggested to boil water.

The precautionary advisory comes after a 30-inch water most important break alongside W. seventeenth Road between Principal Road and Walnut Road brought about extreme flooding on Friday.

Residents within the affected space are really useful to boil faucet water for consuming, cooking or brushing tooth for 3 minutes, and to recollect to let it cool earlier than consuming.

Ice made with un-boiled water shouldn’t be used and dishes.

Faucet water is protected for bathing and washing dishes, KC Water says.

Mayor Quinton Lucas stated round 200,000 Kansas Metropolis residents could possibly be impacted by the break. KC Water was on the scene Friday evening to restore the break and clear up on the scene happened.

KC Water says samples of water within the space are present process lab testing, and after the testing outcomes are confirmed, will inform clients when the boil water advisory involves an finish.

Any questions or issues might be directed to KC Water at 816-513-1313.