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History of King County's Regional Wastewater Treatment Utility

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The early days

The birth of Metro

Planning the Metro System

Building regional facilities

Getting results

Operating water quality programs

Merging with King County

Sources for this History

 

Better Than Promised: An informal history of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle
Better Than Promised: An informal history of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle


See also:

1965 to 2005 - 40 Years of Clean Water

Metropolitan Seattle Sewerage and Drainage Survey, 1958

King County Wastewater Treatment Division Accomplishments

Public Involvement History

The Lake Washington Story

The Lake Sammamish Story

Sources for this History

Enabling Legislation--as codified in the Revised Code of Washington, Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro), February 1989

Better Than Promised: An informal history of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, Bob Lane, King County Department of Metropolitan Services, 1995


Prepared by Gary Larson, Community Relations,
King County Wastewater Treatment Division.

For more information, please contact Gary by e-mail or at 206-263-6157.

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mail image For questions about the Wastewater Treatment Division Web site, please send an e-mail message. For general information about the division, contact us at:

Department of Natural Resources and Parks
Wastewater Treatment Division
201 S. Jackson St., Suite 505
Seattle, WA 98104-3855
Phone: 206-684-1280
Fax: 206-684-1741
Telecommunication device for the deaf (TTY): 711

Updated: June 26, 2006
 

 

Related Information:
Milestones - King County Sesquicentennial (1852-2002)

HistoryLink.org -- the Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History (external link)

The History of Sanitary Sewers (external link)

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