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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.

Monica Van der Vieren

Infrastructure

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…

Monica Van der Vieren

Infrastructure

August 23, 2016

Up to the Challenge, Underground-King County’s Fremont Siphon Replacement Project

This is the first in a series of articles about King County Wastewater Treatment Division's sewer construction projects that use trenchless technology. The benefit is in the name: instead of disrupting the surface to excavate an open trench for a pipeline,…

Monica Van der Vieren

Infrastructure Operations

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…

Monica Van der Vieren

Infrastructure

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…

Monica Van der Vieren

Infrastructure

June 23, 2016

Summer Utility Field Work to Support Sewer System Planning in Redmond

Workers with King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division will begin testing soil and groundwater conditions along a portion of the Sammamish River Trail near Idylwood Park in Redmond on June 23.

Infrastructure

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.

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Infrastructure Operations

March 9, 2016

Puget Sound Energy Grants Put to Work at South Plant

Ratepayers are getting a great deal on big projects now underway at our South Treatment Plant in Renton, thanks to generous grants from Puget Sound Energy.

Infrastructure

February 29, 2016

Bellevue and Mercer Island public meetings to shed light on proposed sewer line update

People seeking information about King County’s North Mercer Island/Enatai Sewer Project are invited to public meetings on March 2 and March 10. Wednesday, March 2 6-8:30 p.m. Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center 1625 118th Ave. S.E., Bellevue Wednesday, March 10…

Infrastructure Operations

October 28, 2015

‘Credit’ for a job well-done brings lower costs, greater value

Operating a wastewater utility is serious business. It takes money to build and maintain our infrastructure, and that vital part of the operation is headed by WTD’s Finance Team. But fiscal fitness is everyone’s job at WTD. Just as each…

Infrastructure Water Quality

October 6, 2015

West Seattle celebrates new green stormwater infrastructure project

Late last month, we joined neighbors in West Seattle’s Sunrise Heights and Westwood neighborhoods to celebrate the completion of the Barton Combined Sewer Overflow Control (CSO) Project, WTD’s first large-scale green infrastructure project. More than just beautiful, these roadside rain…

Infrastructure Water Quality

July 25, 2015

Celebrating the new Barton Pump Station

Celebrating a new pump station and the reopening of Cove Park. It was a gorgeous day for a beach party! On June 18, neighbors in West Seattle’s Fauntleroy community joined us to cut the ribbon on our newly completed Barton…