Topeka utilities department draws attention to its history

Some of the City of Topeka’s utilities department’s active sewer infrastructure was installed in the 1800s, that department noted this week on its Facebook page.

The post involved was part of an ongoing effort to better educate this community about what the utilities department does and how its staff “got to where we are today,” said Ryan Woolaway, the department’s community education manager.

“And with a history almost as long as Topeka’s, there is plenty to tell,” he said Thursday.

The utilities department posed a question Tuesday on its Facebook site: “True or False: The City of Topeka Utilities Department has active infrastructure that was installed in the 1800s. Comment below with your guess!”