Tag: King County

Take Action: Send Comments to Stop Toxic Pollution Discharges to the Duwamish River and Puget Sound

King County is developing a new long-term plan called the Clean Water Plan. The Plan will be the County’s new wastewater comprehensive plan, guiding water infrastructure investments in the County for decades to come. This is a critical time for our waters, but King County has failed to provide sufficient information for the public to be able to understand, meaningfully comment, and fully participate in this process.

Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone on July 8, 2020

A United Airlines Boeing 737 is parked out front of the new Boeing 737 Delivery Center on October 19, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)

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Boeing Cleans Up Its Act: Will Pay $750,000 and Implement Overdue Improvements to Tukwila Facility

Settlement reached with Puget Soundkeeper and Waste Action Project over Clean Water Act Violations TUKWILA, …

Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone on February 26, 2020

Aerial view of King County's West Point wastewater treatment plant.

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Questions to address in investigating the West Point failure

On April 3, Soundkeeper sent a letter to the King County Council in support of the independent investigation of the West Point Sewage Treatment Plant failure. In that letter, we pose detailed questions that we would like to see addressed in the investigation.

Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone on April 5, 2017

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Pushing for solutions after the West Point sewage spill

Puget Soundkeeper has been closely engaged and pushing for answers since a catastrophic equipment failure on February 9 led to a discharge of 180 million gallons of wastewater to the Sound.

Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone on March 16, 2017