Kansas City man trying to solve sewage flowing into storm drain

Mark Kolosick believes someone’s septic tank is flowing into city drain

Mark Kolosick believes someone’s septic tank is flowing into city drain

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NEXT. KMBC NINE NEWS TONIGHT A KANSAS CITY MAN IS CONCERNED WITH A PROBLEM ACROSS THE STREET. IT DOESN’T SMELL GOOD. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER MATT FLEENER IS IN THE FAIRWAY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG EAST 52ND TERRACE, NEAR BLUE RIDGE BOULEVARD IN EAST KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. HERE IN FAR EAST KANSAS CITY NEAR RAYTOWN AND INDEPENDENCE, YOU CAN SEE AND SMELL A PROBLEM COMING FROM THE STORM SEWER. THEY PUT IN THESE NEW LIDS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AND WHEN THEY DID THAT, THERE USED TO BE A DRAIN INSIDE THIS CASING DOWN HERE. THEY CUT THAT OFF AND THAT’S WHEN IT STARTED BUBBLING UP. AND MARK BELIEVES THOSE BUBBLES ARE RAW SEWAGE COMING FROM SOMEBODY’S SEPTIC TANK IN THIS QUIET, BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, HE’S TRIED TO GET RESOLUTION FROM NEIGHBORS TO DISCOVER THE TRUE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. HE’S CALLED CITY OFFICIALS, TOO, BUT SO FAR HE’S NOT GETTING ANY RESOLUTION. I KNOW, THAT’S WHY I’M ASKING YOU TO COME HERE AND HELP, BECAUSE I’VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE CITY THING MANY, MANY TIMES. KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES HAS REACHED OUT TO CITY OFFICIALS TO SEE WHAT NEIGHBORS NEED TO DO TO CLEAN THIS UP, AND WHAT ELSE MIGHT NEED TO HAPPEN. A SPOKESMAN SAID THE CITY IS WORKING ON ANSWERS. WE’LL KEEP ON IT. MATT FLENER KMBC NINE NEWS. WE STARTED INVESTIGATING THIS AFTER A NEWS TIP. YOU CAN EMAIL U

Updated: 5:30 PM CDT Jun 12, 2025

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Kansas City man trying to solve sewage flowing into storm drain

Mark Kolosick believes someone’s septic tank is flowing into city drain

Updated: 5:30 PM CDT Jun 12, 2025

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A Kansas City man wants a final resolution to a smelly problem bubbling up in front of and behind his house. Mark Kolosick lives in a neighborhood filled with septic tanks in far east Kansas City near Raytown and Independence. He believes one of his neighbor’s septic tanks is leaking raw sewage into a Kansas City, Missouri, storm sewer. “And it stinks,” Kolosick said. Kolosick called KMBC 9 Investigates after city officials came to look into the problem earlier this year. But it remains unsolved. He said sewage will drain into the storm sewer across the street that empties in a gully behind his house. Kolosick believes sewage has leaked for the past three years, ever since city crews changed a manhole cover on the storm sewer across the street from his home. He believes a line was cut during the process that caused sewage to bubble up. KMBC 9 Investigates reached out to city officials about Kolosick’s concerns. A spokesman said city leaders are tracking down answers about what’s going on with the problem and the next steps on enforcement. KMBC will keep on the story to find a resolution. If you have a tip KMBC needs to investigate, email investigates@kmbc.com.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

A Kansas City man wants a final resolution to a smelly problem bubbling up in front of and behind his house.

Mark Kolosick lives in a neighborhood filled with septic tanks in far east Kansas City near Raytown and Independence. He believes one of his neighbor’s septic tanks is leaking raw sewage into a Kansas City, Missouri, storm sewer.

“And it stinks,” Kolosick said.

Kolosick called KMBC 9 Investigates after city officials came to look into the problem earlier this year. But it remains unsolved.

He said sewage will drain into the storm sewer across the street that empties in a gully behind his house. Kolosick believes sewage has leaked for the past three years, ever since city crews changed a manhole cover on the storm sewer across the street from his home. He believes a line was cut during the process that caused sewage to bubble up.

KMBC 9 Investigates reached out to city officials about Kolosick’s concerns. A spokesman said city leaders are tracking down answers about what’s going on with the problem and the next steps on enforcement.

KMBC will keep on the story to find a resolution.

If you have a tip KMBC needs to investigate, email investigates@kmbc.com.

Kansas City man trying to solve sewage flowing into storm drain

Mark Kolosick believes someone’s septic tank is flowing into city drain

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