December 23, 2025
Progress across communities, waterways, and projects in 2025
Steady work strengthened the system, from capital upgrades to river cleanup and daily operations.
December 24, 2024
Closing out 2024 with big wins for Puget Sound
Looking back at our biggest achievements of 2024 in protecting Puget Sound and advancing sustainability.
February 16, 2024
Brightwater Center is now the Christie True Environmental Education Center — Who is Christie True?
The newly named Christie True Environmental Education Center honors the enduring legacy of King County's longest-serving director, celebrating decades of dedication to water quality and community enrichment.
November 17, 2023
West Point’s odd collection of adorable mischief-makers displays so many careless flushes
Kids and adults alike are constantly flushing the darndest of objects down their toilet bowls. Some of these things – like wipes, napkins, condoms, and tampons – are well known culprits that clog pipes, jam up equipment, and gunk up…
April 12, 2023
What did it take to become a female operator at a King County wastewater treatment plant? Ask Pam Restovic.
Pam Restovic is a trailblazer who has seen the field change and grow to become more a more welcoming workforce, and finds purpose in her work protecting public health and the environment.
December 8, 2020
Using the challenges of 2020 to improve our services
When local closures began in the spring of 2020 due to COVID-19, our utility’s employees quickly adapted to assure our essential services to the public continued. We also moved many of our interactions with the public online – such as…
December 2, 2020
Sharing our know-how with developing countries
Many developing Asian countries face unique challenges delivering quality wastewater services. In an effort to mentor these communities and help them protect human health and the environment, a team of our employees participated in information sharing through the Water Operators…
November 9, 2020
Keep the plumber off your holiday guest list – and grease out of your (and our) pipes!
Did you know plumbers refer to the day after Thanksgiving as “Brown Friday” because of the uptick in business they get from feast-clogged pipes and sewer lines? Cooking grease can turn into grease build up in your pipes! Fats, oils…
June 8, 2020
RainWise Goes Virtual to Support Contractors
For RainWise – a program designed to help property owners physically design and install rain gardens and cisterns – going virtual has had its challenges, but also unique opportunities. The RainWise program, a partnership between King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division…