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Community Water Quality

November 20, 2015

Seattle Mosque gets RainWise

Hope Academy and Alnoor Mosque recently celebrated the completion a new RainWise rain garden and cistern project, the first ever at a mosque in Seattle. In addition to two rain gardens and four cisterns that will keep polluted runoff and…

Operations Water Quality

November 6, 2015

Great news! Deadline extended in contest to name King County’s new environmental research vessel

King County's research vessel, The Liberty, monitoring water quality in Puget SoundWTD invites people to submit ideas in a “Name the Vessel” competition that kicked off on Nov. 6. King County residents now have until Nov. 30 to enter a…

Community

November 5, 2015

Brightwater Center earns a rave review on Trip Advisor

One of the best things about operating a clean-water facility is hearing what visitors say about their experience, which is why we were thrilled to come across this recent review of Brightwater Center on Trip Advisor: The grounds surrounding the…

Operations

October 14, 2015

Soccer association, recycled water team up to vanquish drought and save salmon

King County's 60 Acres Park in Redmond using recycled water for soccer field irrigation. Summer is over, but the impacts of the record-setting drought continue to linger. Local utilities’ call for voluntary water use reductions is still in effect, and…

Infrastructure Water Quality

October 6, 2015

West Seattle celebrates new green stormwater infrastructure project

Late last month, we joined neighbors in West Seattle’s Sunrise Heights and Westwood neighborhoods to celebrate the completion of the Barton Combined Sewer Overflow Control (CSO) Project, WTD’s first large-scale green infrastructure project. More than just beautiful, these roadside rain…

Water Quality

September 16, 2015

Brightwater Center earns ‘Public Education Program of the Year’ award

When we were designing the Brightwater Treatment Plant a decade ago, people specifically asked us to create a meaningful community gathering space focused on education and environmental stewardship. Through grant funding and innovative partnerships with schools and nonprofit organizations, we…

Water Quality

September 9, 2015

Visit RainWise Program contractors at the Seattle Tilth Harvest Fair, Saturday, Sept. 12.

Rain gardens are more than just beautiful. They help solve one of the largest sources of pollution for Puget Sound by naturally cleaning and controlling stormwater. If you're a Seattle resident, you may be eligible for a rebate to cover…

WTD Updates

July 28, 2015

A toast to clean water – working with wineries on wastewater management

Did you know Washington is now the nation’s second largest wine-producing state after California? That’s terrific news for the local economy. For WTD, it means working with wineries to make sure the wastewater from this growing industry is treated properly.…