Every morning, thousands of people across Kansas City, Missouri, wake up and, within the first hour of their day, do something that calls for clean water.
For many, it’s reaching for a glass of water on the bedside table or brewing a pot of coffee or some tea. Others depend on it for a morning shower or teeth-brushing. Either way, the cleanliness of that water is thanks to the city’s drinking water treatment facility, on the southern edge of the Briarcliff area.
There, 76 people work around the clock, in rotating crews of 5 to 7, to deliver a safe, drinkable product through complex chemical treatment…