King County provides regional and local services to all residents of the county and people who live in the cities, including regionwide wastewater treatment services.

King County’s WTD has a proud tradition of providing outstanding wastewater services and a reputation for innovation and excellence. Dramatic growth in the Puget Sound region during the past 20 years has meant increased demand for wastewater services.

WTD has responded to this demand with a $4.5 billion capital program that has included upgrades to its two existing regional treatment plants, absorption of a smaller local treatment plant into its system (Vashon), new facilities to control combined sewer overflows and upgrades to its infrastructure of pipelines, pump stations and regulator stations.

At mid-decade, the agency focused on a new vision—Creating Resources from Wastewater. The vision signaled WTD’s commitment to recovering and beneficially reusing the products of its wastewater treatment process, including reclaimed water, biosolids, and recovered energy and waste gases from treatment plant operations.

Using some of the best practices tools developed as a result of the Productivity Initiative, the organization re-examined the effectiveness of both its operating and capital program structure to focus on the new vision.

In late 2006, a consulting firm with extensive wastewater operations experience helped WTD conduct interviews with more than 100 internal and external stakeholders on the effectiveness of its operating program. A similar effort was launched in spring 2007 for the capital program.

As a result, recommendations for widespread changes in how the program is structured were developed. The division’s management approved implementing the recommendations in June 2007, including creating the new staff positions.

Learn more about our career opportunities

• View the Wastewater Treatment Division Career Opportunities brochure, March 2008 (.PDF file, 383KB)
• Please contact WTD Human Resources staff at wtdhr@kingcounty.gov.

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: May 14, 2008