April 17, 2017
Building community through infrastructure projects
Campaigns to shop and eat locally are inspiring more of us to spend money closer to home. By supporting independent businesses, we create jobs for our neighbors, deepen community roots and strengthen our local economy. At WTD, we also embrace…
April 3, 2017
Wanted: A Permanent Home for Temporary Art
West Seattle residents in the Murray neighborhood are on a mission to find a permanent place for what started out as temporary community art.
March 10, 2017
The Changing Face of Capital Project Management
King County Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) is facing the same workforce challenges that confront many clean water utilities across the United States. Hard working senior employees throughout our organization are retiring. We need to recruit new employees and help them onboard to…
October 31, 2016
What You Can’t See Makes All the Difference at North Beach
As long as everything’s working right, sewers are out of sight, out of mind. And during fierce early season storms, an unseen pollution control facility at North Beach is protecting Puget Sound.
September 6, 2016
You Have The Power (to Stay Up to Date, That is)
By using GPS technology to find underground pipes, King County can keep trails open and traffic moving as it works to keep our region’s sewer service safe and reliable. Like a high-tech divining rod, GPS lets our surveyors find pipes…
July 21, 2016
Pokémon, Don’t Go Here!
A few weeks ago, Nintendo awakened the ‘90s kid in all of us when it released its newest interactive mobile game, Pokémon Go. While it’s thrilling to see technology getting people outside and exercising, remember that you can’t always go…
July 15, 2016
A Week of Community Service
King County WTD is like the numerous arms our most colorful representative, the giant Pacific octopus. WTD provides a multitude of services to our communities. The week of July 9 featured several service “arms”. SWIZY sees the light of day…
March 28, 2016
Innovative Floating Wetlands Protect Community Natural Area
WTD employees are developing new ways to protect the ponds in the North 40 natural area at the Brightwater Treatment Plant site.