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January 1, 2016

Celebrating 2015 highlights with a message from our Director

Happy Holidays everyone! Here we are at the end of another productive year in the Department of Natural Resources and Parks. With 2016 just around the corner, this is a great time to reflect on and celebrate our 2015 accomplishments.…

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Operations Water Quality

December 3, 2015

Living environmental history with our first engineer

To understand our story, it’s best to start from the very beginning. Back in the 1950s, wastewater flowed largely untreated into Lake Washington, the Green and Duwamish Rivers, and Puget Sound, fouling water and closing local beaches. So, in 1958…

Operations Water Quality

December 1, 2015

Happy holidays start with proper disposal of fats, oils and grease

While retailers welcome Black Friday as one of their busiest shopping days of the year, many plumbers now refer to the day after Thanksgiving as “Brown Friday” for the uptick in business they get from feast-clogged pipes and sewer lines.…

Operations Water Quality

November 6, 2015

Great news! Deadline extended in contest to name King County’s new environmental research vessel

King County's research vessel, The Liberty, monitoring water quality in Puget SoundWTD invites people to submit ideas in a “Name the Vessel” competition that kicked off on Nov. 6. King County residents now have until Nov. 30 to enter a…

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…

Operations

October 14, 2015

Soccer association, recycled water team up to vanquish drought and save salmon

King County's 60 Acres Park in Redmond using recycled water for soccer field irrigation. Summer is over, but the impacts of the record-setting drought continue to linger. Local utilities’ call for voluntary water use reductions is still in effect, and…

Operations

October 9, 2015

Feral cats take on rodent control duties at South Treatment Plant in Renton

Watch out, Pizza Rat. South Treatment Plant in Renton is taking a natural yet highly effective approach to rodent control with the help of King County’s Barn Cats R Us program. WTD employees Bob Collins and Sarah Collins with the…

Operations

July 28, 2015

Holding the line on sewer rates for 2016

In addition to protecting water quality, we’re also dedicated to efficient operation and good financial stewardship. Back in June, the Metropolitan King County Council voted to keep next year’s sewer rate at the current level of $42.03 a month. Several…