Nov. 6
National water conference, Nov. 9-12 in Seattle, features Puget Sound restoration work
The American Water Resource Association is bringing its knowledge and expertise to Seattle with its National Water Resources Conference, Nov. 9-12. This region’s ongoing work to restore Puget Sound and its response to the heightened flood threat in the Green River Valley are among the featured discussions.
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Nov. 5
Web site provides one-stop shopping for sandbag distribution sites in King County
With the simple click of a mouse, floodplain residents across King County can now learn where and when they can find sandbags to help them protect their home and property from serious flooding.
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Nov. 4
King County offering free sandbags to residents on Green River’s flood-threatened middle stretch
In preparation for potential high water because of reduced flood-storage capacity at an upstream dam, farmers and other residents of the middle Green River Valley are invited to make and take home free sandbags – and free advice on how to use them – on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at Flaming Geyser State Park near Auburn.
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Oct. 31
King County Flood Warning Center closes following brief, minor flood event on Snoqualmie
Following intense rainfall across much of eastern King County, the King County Flood Warning Center opened at 8:30 a.m. Monday to monitor rising flows on the Snoqualmie and Tolt rivers.
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Oct. 28
King County in partnership to learn more about health of Vashon’s Quartermaster Harbor
A long-term research partnership has been formed to get to the bottom of Quartermaster Harbor’s troubling low dissolved oxygen levels.
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Oct. 26
Environment, economy benefit from sale of green power to Seattle City Light
An agreement to sell electricity to Seattle City Light (SCL) from a soon-to-come King County waste-to-energy cogeneration system is a win-win collaboration.
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Oct. 26
King County Flood Warning Center closes; River level monitoring will continue
The King County Flood Warning Center was closed at 7 p.m. Monday evening following a full day of monitoring minor flood conditions on the Snoqualmie and Tolt rivers.
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Oct. 26
King County Flood Warning Center opens as Snoqualmie, Tolt rivers rise on heavy rains
Following intense rainfall across much of eastern King County, the King County Flood Warning Center opened at 8:30 a.m. Monday to monitor rising flows on the Snoqualmie and Tolt rivers.
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Oct. 23
King County Flood Warning Center opens as Tolt River rises with intense rainfall
The King County Flood Warning Center opened late Friday night to monitor what is expected to be brief and minor flooding along the Tolt River.
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Oct. 21
Employees respond to overflow near Interurban Pump Station
Sewer utility employees responded quickly to a sewage overflow discovered about 2:30 p.m. near the Interurban Pump Station in Tukwila.
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Oct. 21
Work under way to protect clean-water infrastructure in Green River flood zone
To protect public health and safety in the event of major flooding related to Howard Hanson Dam, King County employees will install and test flood walls this Thursday, Oct. 22 at 12:30 pm. at the South Treatment Plant in Renton.
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Oct. 21
Hydrilla considered eradicated in two King County lakes after lengthy battle
A 15-year battle to eradicate an invasive exotic water plant in two King County lakes may have been won. King County and state environmental managers are happy to report that extensive surveys of Pipe and Lucerne lakes this year turned up no sign of hydrilla.
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Oct. 20
King County seeks volunteers for Nov. 7 native plant salvage work in Black Diamond
While summer gardening is fast becoming a distant memory, there are still opportunities this fall to get your hands dirty for a good cause.
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Oct. 19
County clean-water facilities get good marks from neighbors
King County’s wastewater treatment plants are good neighbors that pose few if any noticeable impacts to the surrounding community, according to the results of the 2009 Near Neighbor Survey.
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Oct. 19
Time slipping away to spot salmon, as Salmon SEEson continues in King County
Just as colorful leaves and soaking rains are annual reminders that fall has arrived in King County, so too, is the return of tens of thousands of salmon to streams across the area.
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Oct. 15
King County and Green River Valley Cities accept emergency funds to temporarily raise levees
Work will begin immediately to protect residents and businesses by raising flood protection levees at vulnerable spots in Auburn, Kent and Tukwila under an agreement signed today by King County Executive Kurt Triplett and the Mayors of Auburn, Kent and Tukwila.
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Oct. 15
Power outage causes sewer overflow in West Seattle
A power failure in West Seattle last night knocked out electricity at King County’s Murray Avenue Pump Station, causing a sewage overflow near Lowman Beach Park.
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Oct. 11
Crews respond quickly to wastewater overflow at temporary pump station in Bellevue
Sewer utility employees quickly stopped a wastewater overflow discovered Sunday morning at a temporary pump station in Bellevue.
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Oct. 8
Keep a lid on it! Wastewater agency warns against opening manholes during flooding
To protect public safety, King County is warning emergency responders, public works employees and community members to not open sewer manholes during flooding.
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