King County Wastewater Treatment Division

Water Quality

December 5, 2018

Saving SoundGuardian

Cross-posted from The Downstream Blog: View of the lumberyard fire behind the King County Environmental Lab from across the Fremont Cut. On the night of Saturday, Nov. 10, a four-alarm fire started at a lumberyard right across from the King…

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Infrastructure Operations Water Quality

November 26, 2018

King County’s Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station celebrates Platinum Achievement Award for Sustainability

King County’s Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station (WWTS) has earned the coveted “Platinum” rating from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Envision rating system. This is the first Platinum-awarded Envision project in Washington and recognizes the County’s commitment to sustainable communities…

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…

Community People

September 7, 2018

2018 Clean Water Ambassador Internship

Through WTD's partnership with Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, we were able to foster the next generation of environmental leaders through a 6-week internship for high school students.

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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…

Operations People

August 21, 2018

“When you come to work, you want to be in a happy environment. This is what we help create.”

Seasonal workers help us accomplish a lot of work in a short period of time during the good weather of spring and summer. This is super helpful when you have treatment plants like South Plant with about 100 acres of…

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Infrastructure Operations

August 7, 2018

Finding hidden value at the bottom of a sedimentation tank

A big mechanical job at our West Point Treatment Plant replaced a special part of our sedimentation tanks. The sedimentation tanks are part of how we clean everyone's sewer water. What’s the real cost? Have you ever been undecided when…

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Community

August 3, 2018

The community that farms together, stays together

Our CitySoil Farm is fostering community engagement as we help people learn about the value of our recycled products.

Operations People

July 5, 2018

Biosolids and digesters and sludge, oh my! Summer interns tour South Plant

For new interns at WTD, touring the South Treatment Plant was a first behind the scenes look for many.

Community

June 22, 2018

Investing in water quality, one community at a time

Through a sense of purpose and the dedication of countless volunteers, our WaterWorks grants are supporting the kind of environmental progress that makes our neighborhoods – and our region – an even better place to live.

Engineers walking through West Point treatment plant

People

June 20, 2018

We help new employees learn – and they help take care of everyone’s sewer system

Wastewater Engineers Semhar Abraha, Samayyah Williams and Sammy Wood (not pictured) help track the equipment at our West Point Treatment Plant in Seattle. The information and photos they collected goes into our database which helps us know what needs to…

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Clean Water Stories

from King County

Saving SoundGuardian

King County’s Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station celebrates Platinum Achievement Award for Sustainability

Updating Industrial Waste Fee Structure: Next Steps – Fall 2018

Updating Industrial Waste Fee Structure: Surcharge Customers Fall 2018

2018 Clean Water Ambassador Internship

Brewing up clean water

“When you come to work, you want to be in a happy environment. This is what we help create.”

Finding hidden value at the bottom of a sedimentation tank

The community that farms together, stays together

Biosolids and digesters and sludge, oh my! Summer interns tour South Plant

Investing in water quality, one community at a time

We help new employees learn – and they help take care of everyone’s sewer system

Clean Water Stories

from King County

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