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March 18, 2005
After 40 years of protecting water quality, King County's wastewater treatment utility is committed to meeting new state permit requirements while building the Brightwater Treatment Plant, says County Executive Ron Sims.
Sims was responding to the construction stormwater permit issued Thursday by the state Department of Ecology. The permit sets terms and conditions to protect water quality while King County builds the plant alongside State Route 9 in unincorporated Snohomish County. Ecology issued a similar permit in January for the Brightwater pipeline system.
"The Ecology permit recognizes the careful approach we will take to protect Little Bear Creek, groundwater and other water resources while building the Brightwater Treatment Plant," Sims said. "We intend to be a good neighbor while building Brightwater and while operating it far into the future."
When completed in 2010, Brightwater will protect public health and water quality by treating wastewater from homes, businesses, schools and offices in south Snohomish County and north King County. King County now treats wastewater from the growing population in the Brightwater service area at plants miles away in Renton and Seattle.
King County's Wastewater Treatment Division serves 17 cities, 17 sewer agencies and more than 1.4 million residents in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties.
Related link: Washington State Department of Ecology news release about Brightwater stormwater permit.
Updated: March 22, 2005
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