Urban Water Sustainability Leadership Conference - Module 3

Kansas City has made a commitment to use green infrastructure as a way to address its combined sewer overflows and to become one of the most sustainable cities in the country. This presentation will provide an overview of the Kansas City's KC Green and Water Works programs. As part of Kansas City's federally-mandated Overflow Control Program, a 744-acre green infrastructure project is underway in one watershed to reduce combined sewer overflows. Green infrastructure is used to intercept stormwater, keeping it out of the combined sewer system, reducing the overflow and the amount of excess water that gets pumped and treated. To further enhance the green infrastructure efforts, the City is working with residents and neighbors to make improvements on their own properties by reducing water consumption and reducing the amount of stormwater that leaves a property through runoff or direct connections to the sewer system. Kansas City's project is one of the largest green infrastructure projects in the United States to reduce combined sewer overflows.

Terry Leeds, Director, Kansas City MO Water Services
Mayor Pro Tem Cindy Circo, Kansas City
Ron Coker, Vice President, Burns & McDonnell, (Missouri Overflow Control Program)
Lara Isch, Outreach & Education Coordinator, Kansas City MO Water Services
Dennis Murphey, Chief Environmental Officer, City of Kansas City MO
Kristin Riott, Executive Director, Bridging the Gap

Mary Ann Dickinson, President & CEO, Alliance for Water Efficiency

This presentation will showcase the Blueprint for Action, a collaborative effort between the Alliance for Water Efficiency and ACEEE that spells out over 50 recommendations for needed actions in the areas of program, policy, research, and codes and standards. Since the publication of the Blueprint in May of 2011, several initiatives are now underway which will be outlined in the presentation.