West Point Treatment Plant – King County Wastewater Treatment Division

A group of the interns observe and take notes at one of the South Treatment Plants clarifiers. They stand along the rails of the clarifier, which is full of water and reflects the overcast sky that makes up the background. The students are wearing safety vests and hardhats.

Community

September 15, 2023

Swapping backpacks for hardhats, a summer job like no other

King County has been partnering with the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust since 2016, as part the Wastewater Treatment Division’s efforts to cultivate the next generation of clean water professionals and to build more ties to communities in our service…

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Workers wearing neon safety vests and hard hats load a wastewater pump onto a truck.

Infrastructure

August 23, 2023

Massive Pumps at West Point Treatment Plant Get a Tune Up

The pumps that push wastewater through West Point Treatment Plant in Seattle are massive and old. In service since 1993, it was time for a tune-up. By tapping into the expertise of local repair shops, the project was fast tracked…

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Sustainability

August 20, 2023

Uprooted and transplanted, Max and his trees find new homes

People from around the world have found themselves calling King County home, with only an estimated three in ten Seattle area adults born in Washington. One of these Seattle transplants is Max Solis, who uprooted from Los Angeles in 2019.…

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Operations People WTD Updates

May 11, 2023

An industrial mechanic at home at West Point Treatment Plant

Industrial mechanics like Shane Hamilton take on the challenges of keeping the equipment at West Point Treatment Plant in Seattle in tip-top shape. Careers in the trades are highly valued in King County's Wastewater Treatment Division.

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Wastewater workers prepare for rainy weather

Operations

September 30, 2020

As rainy weather approaches, we are on the job 24/7

As we move into the rainy season, our crews are on the job 24/7 to ensure the region’s wastewater treatment service is well-prepared for an emergency or stormy weather. Wastewater workers prepare for rainy weather To make sure we’re ready…

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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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Operations People

May 25, 2018

Chief Operating Officer meets with treatment plant employees

Cross-posted from KC Employee News Casey Sixkiller, Chief Operating Officer for King County Executive Dow Constantine, has been out meeting employees and leaders at worksites across the county since joining Executive Constantine’s Senior Leadership Team in February to learn more…

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King County WTD Director, Mark Isaacson (R), talks with Industrial Maintenance Mechanic, Jimmy Harmon, who explains what it takes to maintain the Solids process area of West Point.

People

August 8, 2017

Video: New Director’s learning curve becomes a mountain

Anyone who’s ever started a new job knows there can be a lot to learn for the first few months – or even year. When you tackle the learning curve, you have to learn a lot of new faces and…

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Operations

April 28, 2017

Monitoring the Environment During West Point Restoration

Whenever clean water infrastructure is affected, WTD gets in front of environmental monitoring.

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Operations

April 7, 2017

West Point Update: Fine Tuning the Biology

With 24/7 care, restoration of the complex microbes that clean our wastewater is on track.

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Community Operations

April 5, 2017

Reaching Out to the Next Generation of Clean Water Stewards

Christine Merker's 4th graders were concerned enough about how the Feb. 9 flooding incident would affect the Puget Sound ecosystem. They wrote us letters asking us to hear their concerns. We did.

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Operations Water Quality

March 31, 2017

Norovirus Outbreak in Oysters Unrelated to West Point Overflow

Photo credit David Monniaux, mod. by Peter Gugerell An outbreak of norovirus linked to consumption of raw oysters harvested in Puget Sound is not connected to temporarily reduced treatment capacity at King County’s West Point Treatment Plant. The recent…

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