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West Point is one of three major wastewater treatment plants in the area, alongside the South and Brightwater plants. The plant serves Seattle, Shoreline, and other surrounding areas of King County and Snohomish County. Some sewers draining to West Point are combined sewer systems, which carry both wastewater and stormwater.
Brightwater is a 114-acre (46 ha) facility at the intersection of State Route 9 and State Route 522 north of Woodinville. [2] The plant itself occupies 114 acres (46 ha); the remainder of the property is used for stormwater treatment and environmental mitigation such as constructed wetlands and stormwater retention.
The South Treatment Plant is a wastewater treatment plant in Renton, Washington owned by King County. The plant opened in 1965, and treats over 90 million U.S. gallons (340 million liters) of wastewater per day. It treats sewage for 650,000 people in the cities of Renton, Auburn, Bellevue, Issaquah, Kent, and Sammamish. [1]
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]
[79] [80] King County Metro is the sole metropolitan county transit agency in Washington and is authorized by the state legislature to collect a sales tax of 0.9 percent across King County. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] Prior to the 1999 approval of Initiative 695, the agency also collected a motor vehicle excise tax from the state government. [ 83 ]
Rainier Beach and View maps NN-1330S and NN-1330S.Jpg [sic] dated 2002-06-13 "The Kubota Garden Foundation Newsletter". Volume 16, Number 1. Spring–Summer 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-06-03 "Natural Drainage Systems Overview". About SPU > Drainage & Sewer System > Natural Drainage Systems. Seattle Public Utilities. 2003-12-03.
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Around 1900, Seattle began discharging sewage into Lake Washington. During the 1940s and 1950s, eleven sewage treatment plants were sending state-of-the-art treated water into the lake at a rate of 20 million gallons per day. At the same time, phosphate-based detergents came into wide use.