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Infrastructure

October 30, 2019

Help us protect recovering landscapes

Some colorful new signs may catch your eye at former King County Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) construction sites. WTD’s Mitigation and Monitoring (M/M) Program is installing new signs to alert people and help them protect recovering landscapes. WTD’s project teams…

Community Infrastructure

October 11, 2019

Lake Hills/NW Lake Sammamish Sewer Upgrade Project – Join us for the latest details at Open houses on 10/22 and 10/24 in Redmond

There’s a lot of construction work planned for the Redmond area in the next few years. One of these projects is King County’s Lake Hills/NW Lake Sammamish Sewer Upgrade. King County needs to upgrade a regional sewer pipe that is…

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…

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…

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.

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.

Community Operations

May 24, 2018

Public tours resume at the West Point Treatment Plant

Welcome to West Point this summer! If you’re curious about how water systems work, or if you’d like to learn about the things you can do every day to help protect water quality, sign up for a Saturday tour or…

Community Operations

April 19, 2018

The nose shouldn’t know you live near South Treatment Plant. But if you smell something, we’re all ears

While it doesn’t smell like roses inside a wastewater treatment plant, we put lot of effort into making sure our plants are good neighbors. But when fugitive odors jump the fence line? We want to hear from you.

People

April 5, 2018

Creating pipelines to future careers

Most high school students don't realize the variety of jobs -- from engineers and financial analysts to electricians -- that are needed to keep our water clean. We recently hosted over 50 high school students at a Careers in Clean…

Community

March 28, 2018

Go salmon! WaterWorks grant supports Finn Hill Neighborhood’s work to protect Denny Creek

A sense of mission and a small grant can go a long way. Finn Hill Neighborhood Alliance’s rain water harvesting project in Kirkland earned a $15,000 grant through King County's WaterWorks Program to protect Denny Creek, an important salmon-bearing stream.

Infrastructure Water Quality

March 2, 2018

Construction underway on the Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station Project

At a ceremonial groundbreaking on March 1, we joined the community to celebrate the start of construction on a $262 million project that will address an ongoing source of water pollution in the Duwamish River, and reflect neighborhood priorities around…