King County Wastewater Treatment Division

Community

March 24, 2016

Fun, Free Activities Honor World Water Day at Brightwater

You're invited to celebrate World Water Day 2016 with IslandWood and King County! We’ll have activities for all ages including art projects, outdoor exploration and science experiments.

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.

Community Water Quality

March 4, 2016

Peace Lutheran Church goes RainWise

Peace Lutheran Church in West Seattle recently celebrated the installation of two rain gardens and five cisterns that will help control stormwater runoff that contributes to pollution in Puget Sound.

Community Water Quality

March 3, 2016

Gardening tips, free compost samples to 9,000 attendees at the 2016 Northwest Flower and Garden Show

King County helped garden enthusiasts turn their dirt around at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show, giving away a total of five pickup trucks worth of free compost. Booth visitors learned exciting facts about wastewater treatment (for example, that they…

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…

Community

February 11, 2016

Opportunities for growth at the NW Flower & Garden Show

Build healthy soil, perk up plants and make your neighbors green with envy by using a locally-sourced, sustainable compost made with King County’s Loop® biosolids. Future growth assured! Compost made with Loop builds healthy soil and strong, lush plants. King…

Monica Van der Vieren

Operations Water Quality

February 4, 2016

Protecting water quality – it’s good business! Survey coming soon

Access to the great outdoors is just one reason King County is such an awesome place to live and work. Because protecting our natural resources is a big job, we need everyone’s help. This spring, WTD will mail a survey…

Operations

February 4, 2016

Bond refi brings sweet savings to ratepayers

Sewer improvement projects that protect our waterways and support a healthy economy now come with the benefit of a lower price tag. On Feb. 1, we refinanced $279 million in sewer revenue bonds, which will save ratepayers an incredible $65…

Community

January 14, 2016

Banish winter boredom at Brightwater Center

Kick cabin fever to the curb this winter with a variety of fun, free educational activities for the whole family at Brightwater Center. Take a treatment plant tour, learn about a bug’s life and prepare your plants for a lush…

Monica Van der Vieren

Operations People

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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Community

December 10, 2015

Vote to name the new boat! Contest ends Dec. 24

It was a tough decision, but after reviewing 93 fantastic ideas in a contest to name our new environmental research vessel, we selected three to move on to the voting round: SoundGuardian SeaKing Cascadia Now it’s your turn to choose!…

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…

Clean Water Stories

from King County

Fun, Free Activities Honor World Water Day at Brightwater

Puget Sound Energy Grants Put to Work at South Plant

Peace Lutheran Church goes RainWise

Gardening tips, free compost samples to 9,000 attendees at the 2016 Northwest Flower and Garden Show

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

Opportunities for growth at the NW Flower & Garden Show

Protecting water quality – it’s good business! Survey coming soon

Bond refi brings sweet savings to ratepayers

Banish winter boredom at Brightwater Center

Celebrating 2015 highlights with a message from our Director

Vote to name the new boat! Contest ends Dec. 24

Living environmental history with our first engineer

Clean Water Stories

from King County

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