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Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is a public utility agency of the city of Seattle, Washington, which provides water, sewer, drainage and garbage services for 1.3 million people in King County, Washington. [3] The agency was established in 1997, consolidating the city's Water Department with other city functions. [4]
The city of Seattle, Washington, is located on a narrow isthmus between Puget Sound on the west and Lake Washington on the east; water comprises approximately 41% of the total area of the city. [1] It was founded on the harbor of Elliott Bay , home to the Port of Seattle —in 2002, the 9th busiest port in the United States by TEUs of container ...
The first water system in Seattle is credited to one of the city's founding pioneers, Henry Yesler.He stored water from springs in a tank located on what is now Yesler Way between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, roughly the location of the Old Public Safety Building on the uphill east edge of the Pioneer Square neighborhood, site of the settlement that became the city.
Seattle Public Utilities is asking about 1.5 million customers in the Seattle area to use less water as drought conditions continue throughout most of the state. An unusually dry summer along with ...
Seattle City Light: Hydroelectric Skookumchuck Dam: Thurston: Skookumchuck River: Skookumchuck Reservoir: Earthfill 1.0: 190 58 34,800 42,900 1970 TransAlta: Water supply South Fork Tolt River Dam: King: South Fork Tolt River: South Fork Tolt Reservoir: Earthfill 6.55: 200 61 57,900 71,400 1964 Seattle Public Utilities: Water supply Swift Dam ...
Lake Youngs is a reservoir in King County, Washington, United States.It is located between Maple Valley and Renton along the route of pipelines carrying water from the Cedar River to Seattle (the most recent of these is the Bow Lake pipeline, which was built in 1954 [1] [2]) and is accessible only to Seattle Public Utilities staff and authorized visitors.
(The Center Square) – Seattle Public Utilities is continuing to accept glass recycling collection despite recent setbacks to the local glass recycling industry. The Seattle region’s major ...
The reservoirs and pipeline infrastructure is owned and operated by Seattle Public Utilities. Public access is restricted and the area is managed as a wilderness in order to protect water quality. [5] Chester Morse Lake is the main storage reservoir of the Cedar River Watershed system. Pipelines route water to the Seattle area from Landsburg ...