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Learn about our advisory committees and boards and how to get involved.
Grants and partnerships
Apply for funds to help reduce water pollution, improve parks, conserve land, prevent waste, reduce flood risk and improve ecological health and provide other public benefits.
Environmental careers in King County
Request public records
Guidance on requesting public records from King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks.
Sustainability commitments
Major initiatives by King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks in collaboration with other agencies.
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$30 million in King County Parks Levy grants will build and upgrade aquatic facilities, enhance parks and trails, restore river corridors, and increase equity in recreation
Summary The King County Council recently approved Executive Dow Constantine’s proposal to allocate nearly $30 million in grants funded by the King County Parks Levy that will support 53 projects led by cities, park districts, school districts, and community organizations throughout the region.
‘A victory for regional trails, climate, mobility, and opportunity’: Executive Constantine thanks Sen. Murray, Sen. Cantwell for securing funds to help close a key gap for Eastrail
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell secured a $25 million grant administrated by the U.S. Department of Transportation that will help King County Parks complete the southern segment of Eastrail, an emerging 42-mile regional trail connected to high-capacity transit.
3 Million Trees
King County set a big goal to plant, protect, and get ready for a total of 3 million trees by the end of 2025. This helps us fight climate change, keep our forests healthy, make better homes for salmon, and add more trees in our cities.
BECU Outdoor Movies at King County's Marymoor Park celebrates 20th season with fan favorite films, food trucks, live entertainment, beginning July 10
Outdoor movies will return to King County’s Marymoor Park on July 10, when the BECU Movies at Marymoor series opens its 20th season of outdoor films, entertainment, and food trucks. The series runs weekly through Aug. 28.
CHOMP!, King County's local food celebration returns Aug. 17 to Marymoor Park with local food vendors, live music, sustainable living activities
Learn about what’s fresh in King County and join us for a full-day of food-centric fun with local farmers, free activities and live music, food vendors and more at King County’s CHOMP! Aug. 17, at Marymoor Park in Redmond.
Clean Water Healthy Habitat
Learn more about Clean Water Healthy Habitat, a King County initiative to protect water quality and habitat. It will benefit the people, salmon, and orcas that call our region home.
Climate-resilient infrastructure: King County’s new treatment station in Georgetown has already protected the Duwamish River and Puget Sound from 32 million gallons of pollution
King County’s state-of-the-art Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station is one of several climate-resilient capital projects that are better protecting Puget Sound from stormwater and wastewater.
Conservation Futures Advisory Committee
Find schedule, contact and meeting location for the volunteer advisory committee that evaluates CFT grant proposals.
Conservation Futures application process
Apply for Conservation Futures funding to add parks and open spaces to your community
Divers connect 2,000 feet of pipe under Lake Washington to improve wastewater treatment, restore habitat, enhance I-90 trail
Crews with unique expertise in underwater construction are placing pipe under the East Channel of Lake Washington. When completed, the new conveyance line will provide reliable sewer service to Eastside cities, while improving lake habitat and the popular I-90 Trail.
Eligibility
Information on eligibility for WaterWorks grant funding.
Evaluation process
This information is for the competitive track. For information on evaluation in the council allocated track, contact your councilmember’s office directly. For a map of council districts and contact information, visit the council district finder.
Executive Constantine announces $109 million for 52 conservation projects that will build climate resiliency, increase access to open space, and advance food sovereignty
More than 50 projects across King County will receive a combined $109 million in open space preservation funding after a plan proposed by Executive Constantine was approved by the King County Council. This is the first round of funding for open space preservation since King County voters last year approved restoring Conservation Futures Program to its original rate.
Executive Constantine honors ‘those who have made historic spaces more accessible to new generations, and created new futures for places that tell the story of our region'
This year’s recipients of the John D. Spellman Awards include a city that transformed an historic post office into an arts and culture center, and a parks district that rehabilitated an abandoned farmstead into an agricultural hub for local producers and educational programming.
Executive Constantine tours King County’s largest-ever floodplain restoration project, improving habitat and protecting farmland along the Snoqualmie River
King County successfully completed the 145-acre Fall City Floodplain Restoration Project, improving habitat and protecting farmland and homes along the Snoqualmie River.
Funded projects and stories
View complete lists of projects that have been funded and read stories about specific projects in the links below.
Funding policies
If funded, your grant agreement will include details of requirements which may include updates to some of the information here; the grant agreement language will supersede any differences.
Grant timeline
This detailed timeline is for the competitive track.
Grants and partnerships
Apply for funds to help reduce water pollution, improve parks, conserve land, prevent waste, reduce flood risk and improve ecological health and provide other public benefits.
How to Request Public Records from Dept. of Natural Resources and Parks
Guidance on requesting public records from King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks.
King County Conservation Futures
Conservation Futures is an open space acquisition grant program. Our grants help buy parks and open spaces such as natural lands, urban greenspaces, forests, community gardens, farms, and trails.
King County is making it easy to comment on the Flood Management Plan that will guide actions to better prepare for climate impacts
King County will host two online meetings – on Feb. 15 and March 7 – where the public can learn about and comment on the final draft of the Flood Management Plan, which will guide actions to better prepare the region for increasing flood risks.
King County is transforming 1,000-foot-long Wilburton Trestle, adding the iconic structure to Eastrail with funding from the state, Amazon, City of Bellevue
A public-private partnership that includes Washington’s Climate Commitment Act, Amazon, the City of Bellevue, Kaiser Permanente, and the King County Parks Levy started transforming the 120-year-old Wilburton Trestle into a trail bridge that will be added to the emerging 42-mile Eastrail.
King County restores full wastewater operations following system disruptions during record rainstorm
King County wastewater crews quickly restored full operation at a wet weather treatment station in north Seattle during Tuesday’s record rainfall, while disinfected stormwater and wastewater flows were temporarily diverted from South Treatment Plant in Renton to a deepwater outfall in Puget Sound during the storm.
King County secures $500 million commitment from EPA for critical wastewater investments that protect water quality and prepare for climate impacts while lowering finance costs
The King County Wastewater Treatment Division secured a $498.3 million loan package from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to complete 14 infrastructure projects that will help improve water quality, while saving millions in interest costs.
King County transforms dilapidated buildings along the Duwamish River into an estuary, providing ideal habitat for young salmon and greenspace for communities
The former site of a run-down hotel along the Duwamish River is now healthy habitat where young salmon can safely transition from freshwater to saltwater on their way to Puget Sound thanks to an innovative project led by the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks.
Metropolitan Water Pollution Abatement Advisory Committee
The Metropolitan Water Pollution Abatement Advisory Committee, or MWPAAC, advises the Metropolitan King County Council and the King County Executive on matters related to the wastewater collection and treatment system.
More rain gardens, fewer toxics, restored wetlands: Executive Constantine announces $5.4 million to support community-led projects that improve water quality
Sixty-one community-led projects will receive $5.4 million in King County WaterWorks grant funding after the County Council approved Executive Constantine’s proposal.
Natural Resources and Parks committees
Learn about our advisory committees and boards and how to get involved.
News releases
Department of Natural Resources and Parks
Overview: King County Conservation Futures
Conservation Futures is the primary source of funding for the Land Conservation Initiative (LCI). The LCI has a goal to preserve our most important natural lands and urban green spaces. The LCI also seeks to add open spaces in underserved communities. Learn more about the Land Conservation Initiative goals in this short video.
RainWise outreach grants
Apply for a grant to help with outreach and promotion of the RainWise program in King County combined sewer overflow basins.
Reducing stormwater pollution, the growing threat to water quality in King County
Find out why polluted stormwater runoff is a threat to regional water quality and aquatic life and learn what King County plans to do to keep the waters clean.
Regional water quality responsibilities
The examples below will help guide you in developing proposals that address the criteria: "Demonstrate that water quality benefits are related to WTD's regional water quality responsibilities."
Resources for applicants
Use the following tools and information to help research and write your grant proposal and find other grant programs.
Resources for grant recipients
This information is for organizations that have received funding through WaterWorks and have active grants. Below you’ll find information on reporting, payments and logo use.
Snoqualmie Watershed Forum seeks resident from NE unincorporated King County to help guide salmon recovery work
The Snoqualmie Watershed Forum is looking for a resident of the Snoqualmie and South Fork Skykomish river areas of unincorporated King County to join their group that helps guide salmon recovery efforts. The application deadline is Feb. 18.
Stream health is improving throughout King County – and scientists say there’s even greater potential for additional gains than expected
Twenty years of data collected by King County scientists indicates widespread improvements in the health of local streams even as the population grew by over a half-million people, suggesting that effective growth management can protect urban streams.
Sustainability commitments
Major initiatives by King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks in collaboration with other agencies.
Updates
Stay informed on the latest WaterWorks Grant Program news and updates.
Utilities Technical Review Committee
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VIDEO: ‘We were going to have to build a new workforce right here in King County’: How an award-winning approach to workforce development produced a new generation of wastewater talent
Facing a wave of retirements in the wastewater treatment industry, King County's Wastewater Treatment Division transformed its approach to workforce development to recruit and train the next generation of talent.
VIDEO: Beavers ‘do it better’: King County is updating its approach to habitat restoration to capitalize on the unique talents of recovering wildlife
As the region’s beaver population recovers, King County ecologists are modernizing their approach to salmon habitat restoration to accommodate a native species that improves water quality and adds ecological complexity.
Water Quality Benefits Evaluation (WQBE) Toolkit
Identifying how King County can improve water quality for communities and the environment.
WaterWorks Grant Program
The WaterWorks Grant Program provides approximately $5 million in funding every two years to organizations carrying out a variety of water quality improvement projects in the service area for King County's regional wastewater system.