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Our goal is to to is goal Our effectively. operate wastewater and stormwater, producing producing stormwater, and wastewater that supply it with wastewater wastewater with it supply that Plant workers operate facilities for treating treating for facilities operate workers Plant www.kingcounty.gov/wtd and the pipelines and pump stations stations pump and pipelines the and to Puget Sound and Seattle’s Discovery Park. Park. Discovery Seattle’s and Sound Puget to ext. 68286, or see our Web site site Web our see or 68286, ext. staff — ensure the West Point plant plant Point West the ensure — staff north of downtown Seattle on 32 acres next next acres 32 on Seattle downtown of north 206-296-8286 or 1-800-325-6165, 1-800-325-6165, or 206-296-8286 control personnel and administrative administrative and personnel control West Point Treatment Plant Treatment Point West is four miles miles four is The please call please information further maintenance employees, process process employees, maintenance Treatment Plant Tours Plant Treatment or or For PIERCE COUNTY PIERCE — operators, lab technicians, technicians, lab operators, — 4 Miles 4 2 0 Tacoma KING COUNTY KING days a week. Trained professionals professionals Trained week. a days Auburn Seattle, WA 98199 206-263-3800 98199 WA Seattle, Way system runs 24 hours a day, seven seven day, a hours 24 runs system Investment 1400 West Utah Street Utah West 1400 Federal employees, the West Point treatment treatment Point West the employees, A Sound Sound A West Point Treatment Plant Treatment Point West Water – – Water Thanks to about 150 dedicated dedicated 150 about to Thanks Contact Us: Contact Clean THE PEOPLE OF WEST POINT — ‘24/7’ — POINT WEST OF PEOPLE THE Plant Kent Treatment good neighbor. good South Island we work to make sure West Point is a a is Point West sure make to work we County, and some areas east of Lake Washington. 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We work to to work We generations. SERVICE AREA SERVICE SERVICE AREA SERVICE continually to improve and and improve to continually PLANT Treatment customers and future future and customers BRIGHTWATER BRIGHTWATER its byproducts. We work work We byproducts. its West Point West Shoreline our of well-being and Woodinville KING COUNTY KING reclaiming wastewater and and wastewater reclaiming TREATMENT TREATMENT Lake Washington — the ’50s the — Washington Lake SNOHOMISH COUNTY SNOHOMISH Bothell region and the health health the and region transporting, treating and and treating transporting, Terrace Mountlake the of resources and the environment by by environment the and WEST POINT POINT WEST Edmonds protecting the water water the protecting (On-line 2011) (On-line to protecting public health health public protecting to Plant committed to to committed Division have been committed committed been have Division Treatment King County is is County King Brightwater Wastewater Treatment Treatment Wastewater N NEIGHBOR SERVICE AREA MAP AREA SERVICE people of King County’s County’s King of people For more than 40 years, the the years, 40 than more For A GOOD GOOD A WEST POINT 100 YEARS AGO… MANAGING COMBINED SEWER SYSTEMS King County provides real time notification of CSO CONTROLLING WASTES AT THE discharges at http://www.kingcounty.gov/wtd. In 1911, the City of Seattle built what is called the Fort A combined system is one in which stormwater and SOURCE West Point continues to develop ways to improve Lawton Tunnel to discharge untreated wastewater from sewage are conveyed in the same pipeline to the treatment Responsibilities of the operations and meet or exceed regulatory standards for the city into Puget Sound at West Point. This wastewater plant. The West Point service area is largely a combined Wastewater Treatment effluent quality. included sewage from homes and businesses, stormwater system. As a result, West Point treats a lot of stormwater Division begin even from city streets, and litter and horse manure that washed that would otherwise flow untreated into Puget Sound. before wastewater into the pipes. Increased population and public concerns During heavy rains, the volume of REGULATION AND PERMITTING enters pipes and about water pollution resulted in the creation of a regional treatment plants. flows to West Point can exceed the Like most other treatment plants throughout the United wastewater treatment system. King Couny regulates capacity of the conveyance system. States, West Point discharges treated wastewater every business and industry Under these conditions, excessive day into a local water body, Puget Sound. The 1972 federal to monitor and restrict combined flows may be released Clean Water Act regulates “point” discharges of pollutants. HISTORY through permitted outfalls to protect the type and amount King County voters created Voters decided to public and private property and the A National Pollution Discharge Elimination System of waste that enters the Municipality of merge Metro with WARNING county’s facilities. These events are Permit (available on our Web site) sets effluent the system. We also Metropolitan Seattle King County, and Possible Sewage Overflows During and Following Heavy Rain called combined sewer overflows, or standards and specifications for monitoring, work with the public (Metro) to provide King County Questions? Call: 206-205-1151 wastewater treatment and assumed Regarding CSO # 21 CSOs. King County provides public treating and discharging treated wastewater to provide information through the West Point outfall in Puget Sound. about safe practices and clean the waters of Lake responsibility for notification when CSOs occur. Students touring the treatment plant Washington and Elliott Bay. West Point. alternatives. Preventing King County’s CSO Control Program reports CSO events West Point has consistently been recognized by the learn about wastewater treatment and contaminants from 1958 1966 1991 1993 1996 and develops plans and priorities to reduce the number of National Association of Clean Water Agencies for what they can do to keep harmful entering the sewer CSO events in the county’s system. CSO events have been excellence in wastewater treatment for our continued substances out of the waste stream. Construction Metro began Upgrade to system is the easiest reduced significantly by control strategies including on-site compliance with the NPDES permit. of the West an expansion secondary and least expensive way to protect people and primary treatment and storage facilities that retain flows Point primary of West Point treatment was the environment. Extensive information is available treatment to provide completed. until storms have passed. King County continues to work on our Web site or by calling our division.