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WTD Updates

October 16, 2019

Please don’t put Pumpkin seeds and insides down your kitchen sink, toast them instead

Pumpkins are synonymous with autumn and Halloween🎃. With Halloween around the corner, we wanted to offer a friendly reminder not to put the seeds and insides down your kitchen sink as you're carving your jack-o'-lantern. Even if you use a…

WTD Updates

May 17, 2019

WTD Resource Recovery hosts visitor from Down Under to share our Biosolids expertise

King County Wastewater Treatment Division recently welcomed a visit from our wastewater treatment counterparts Watercare who serve Auckland, New Zealand🇳🇿. Their resource recovery manager Rob Tinholt, visited us to learn about our biosolids program. They’re developing their own resource recovery…

WTD Updates

November 19, 2018

Updating Industrial Waste Fee Structure: Next Steps – Fall 2018

The King County Industrial Waste (KCIW) program has been working on a proposal to update the structure of its fee system. Changes require a two-step decision-making process. First the King County Council considers updating the King County Code. Pending Council…

WTD Updates

November 19, 2018

Updating Industrial Waste Fee Structure: Surcharge Customers Fall 2018

Businesses that send “high strength” or concentrated organic wastewater to the sewer system pay more because it costs more to treat this wastewater. KCIW’s Surcharge Fee currently includes the costs for both treating concentrated “high-strength” waste at a treatment plant…

WTD Updates

August 23, 2018

Brewing up clean water

Today, local industries are known for being a source of jobs, not pollution. That's because our Industrial Waste Program inspectors work closely with local businesses to protect our water quality. The Georgetown Brewery is one example of how we work…

WTD Updates

June 12, 2018

Industrial Waste Fees for Surcharge Customers

Businesses that send “high strength” or concentrated organic wastewater to the sewer system pay more because it costs more to treat this wastewater. KCIW’s Surcharge Fee currently pays for both treating concentrated “high-strength” waste at a treatment plant and the…

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WTD Updates

June 12, 2018

Updating Industrial Waste Fees: Next Steps

The King County Industrial Waste (KCIW) program has been working on a proposal to update the structure of its fee system. A two-step decision-making process is starting in 2018. First the King County Council will consider an ordinance to update…

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WTD Updates

August 31, 2017

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!

Monica Van der Vieren

WTD Updates

November 22, 2016

Keep Your Plumber Off Your Holiday Guest List

You’ve been up since 6 a.m. to get the turkey, turducken, or tofurkey in the oven. You're sleep deprived after staying up late to bake pies and clean the house for holiday guests. Now it’s 7 p.m. The guests are gone.…

Monica Van der Vieren

WTD Updates

November 19, 2016

High School Students Learn That Fish Are People, Too

High school seniors learn that even though fish can't live on land, and people can't live in water, we share some important needs.

Monica Van der Vieren

WTD Updates

October 22, 2016

Wastewater Facilities Provide Homes for Wildlife

When PAWS naturalists were looking for great habitat to host recovered flying squirrels, they contacted WTD.

Monica Van der Vieren

WTD Updates

September 10, 2016

King County and Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association are All-In for Our Future at 60 Acres Park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBkH8PNKVU8 The staff and leadership of the Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association (LWYSA) is giving the future their “full 90” with a permanent connection to recycled water for irrigating the soccer fields at 60 Acres Park. LWYSA leases 60…

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