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CONNECTION Our mission: to focus on the needs of our

customers, to improve the quality of life in
our community while promoting safe,

reliable and sustainable utilities.
Serving the Water and Electric Needs of Kansas City, Kansas SUMMER 2023
2 Youth Program 3 Process 4
Hearing
BPU Summer
Legislative Update

Water Conservation

Reduce Usage and Costs

The heat and humidity of summer is near, a time when water usage
and consumption can go up. With a little effort, you can not only help
conserve this precious natural resource but also reduce the energy
usage needed to process and deliver water to homes and businesses
in our community. Efficient water use can have environmental, public
health, and economic benefits by helping improve water quality,
maintains ecosystems, and protect drinking water resources.
Reducing one’s water consumption can also lead to a reduction in
overall utility costs. There are simple ways to reduce both water and
energy usage during the hot summer months, take a few minutes to
learn how. See page 7 for savings tips.
DID YOU KNOW? Meeting the Needs of

• A steadily dripping faucet can waste Our Community
BPU continues to work with customers that experience
2,000 gallons of water a year. financial hardship and those that have difficulty in making
utility payments, offering access to various financial
• Household water use has jumped assistance programs and resources, as well as flexible
500% in the past 50 years. payment programs.
As a local, not-for-profit municipal utility, BPU
• Each year Kansans use enough water understands the needs of the community and the unique
circumstances that it faces – and is continually looking for
to fill 60 million swimming pools. new ways to meet the needs of all its customers.

*Kansas Water Office For more information, see page 7

2023 WATER QUALITY REPORTREPORT See Pages 8-11