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Where are those trucks going?

King County has for decades used an endlessly renewable resource to support healthy soils and crops. Read about it and watch the video!

August 31, 2017 in Resource Recovery (Biosolids, energy, recycled water).

CitySoil Farm hosts a special group of summer campers

King County hosts a special group of campers at CitySoil Farm. They learned how we protect people and the environment, and helped provide for families just like theirs.

August 17, 2017 in Careers That Matter / Jobs, Community Engagement, Information sharing / Partnerships, Resource Recovery (Biosolids, energy, recycled water).

A brush with art: students color King County’s Georgetown project

Maple Elementary students learn about art and clean water, and help share the value of King County’s Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station project with their entire community.

July 18, 2017 in Community Engagement, Construction, Equity & Social Justice, Inclusion, Accessibility, Protecting Our Waters, Wet Weather Treatment.

King County employees share the value of recycling

Three King County employees learned the value of recycling resources in faraway communities where sustainable practices are a necessity.

July 12, 2017 in Careers That Matter / Jobs, Equity & Social Justice, Inclusion, Accessibility, Information sharing / Partnerships, Resource Recovery (Biosolids, energy, recycled water).

The Fremont community celebrates a solution to an old problem

The Fremont community joined King County to celebrate the new Fremont Siphon Facility, a solution to a century old problem.

June 29, 2017 in Community Engagement, Construction, Customer service / Being a good neighbor, Protecting Our Waters, Wet Weather Treatment.

King County celebrates a facility — and a community

When King County dedicates a new clean water facility, we invite people near and far to join us. On June 10, we celebrated the new Murray Wet Weather Facility in West Seattle.

June 22, 2017 in Community Engagement, Construction, Protecting Our Waters, Wet Weather Treatment.

CitySoil Farm grows healthy food and community

CitySoil Farm partners, students, and volunteers delivered a harvest of health to the White Center Food Bank in 2016.

June 9, 2017 in Community Engagement, Equity & Social Justice, Inclusion, Accessibility, Information sharing / Partnerships.

Making life a little bit better during sewer construction

(Video) At King County Wastewater Treatment Division, we work to reduce effects on the people we serve when we build essential infrastructure.

May 5, 2017 in Community Engagement, Construction, Customer service / Being a good neighbor, Protecting Our Waters, Wet Weather Treatment.

Monitoring the Environment During West Point Restoration

Whenever clean water infrastructure is affected, WTD gets in front of environmental monitoring.

April 28, 2017 in Emergency response, Operations / Wastewater Treatment.

Raise Your Hand if You Knew You Would Do This Job

Few King County Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) employees imagined a career in clean water. Sure, Preston Beck was so sold on WTD’s mission that he got a degree in chemical engineering and came to work as a Project Control Engineer. Bob Isaac took a few left turns before following his father into a wastewater career…

April 27, 2017 in Careers That Matter / Jobs, Community Engagement, Education.

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