King County Industrial Waste Program Newsletter

Spring 2024 newsletter

• Sampling for nitrogen to help protect our waters
• Industrial Waste Pretreatment Annual Report - highlights from 2023
• Clean Water Awards: Recognizing our partners in protecting public health and environment
• Apply for an EnvirOvation Award!
• Getting ready to collect data: Update on the Comprehensive Industrial User Survey
• Enforcement actions - 2023 violators posting
• Wishing a fond farewell to three longtime KCIW staff members 
• New wastewater infrastructure projects connect communities to ‘green wave’ of jobs
• Is the KCIW website working for you?
• Report spills to the sewer – get a copy of our 'whom to call' poster
• Want more clean water stories? Subscribe to The Bubbler, WTD’s source for news and updates 

Read the Spring 2024 newsletter.

Fall 2023 newsletter

• Fees for BOD and TSS are increasing
• Removing your sampling site? KCIW needs to pick up our sampling equipment!
• Reporting sample results that are below the method detection limit (MDL)
• New reporting requirement for split samples
• Awards shorts
• The next comprehensive KCIW survey
• Equity and Social Justice in KCIW
• WTD's Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station is online

Read the Fall 2023 newsletter

Spring 2023 newsletter

• Industrial Waste Pretreatment Annual Report
• Clean Water Awards – The Envelope Please...
• Apply for an EnvirOvation award!
• Decommissioning our fax line
• Companies that violate clean water rules receive penalties - 2022 violators
• Flow proportional sampling can be more accurate, but first make sure your equipment is compatible with ours
• Getting to the source of pollution… and doing something about it
• Work continues to update County website
• Report spills to the sewer – get a copy of our “who to call” poster
• Ask an Investigator or Specialist

Read the Spring 2023 newsletter.

Fall 2022 newsletter

• Updated EPA guidelines for metal finishers and landfill operators
• Industrial Users: you can appeal enforcement actions but not Notices of Violations
• Ask an Investigator or Specialist
• Continuing to partner with industries to prevent pollution
• King County is updating the look and feel of its website

Read the Fall 2022 newsletter (256KB)

Spring 2022 newsletter

• Celebrating women at work
• 2021 Clean Water Awards
• 2021 Industrial Waste Violations
• Tip: Submitting self-monitoring reports
• Ask a KCIW Specialist
• Tour a wastewater treatment plant
• KCIW will continue remote staffing into the foreseeable future

Read the Spring 2022 newsletter

Fall 2021 newsletter

• King County Covid Practices
• Continued remote staffing for IW (and many other County offices)
• A few information management projects we’re working on
• Violation postings now once a year
• BMPs help wineries stay compliant during the crush
• Wastewater that corrodes the sewer system

Read the Fall 2021 newsletter

Spring 2021 newsletter

• Industrial Waste staff are essential, please help protect them – ensure you and your staff are wearing masks
• Read King County’s 2020 Industrial Pretreatment Annual Report
• 2020 Clean Water Awards – The Envelope Please.... Gold, Silver, and Commitment to Compliance awards
• Companies that violate clean water rules receive penalties
• Fulfilling your permit requirements during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Some wineries now need formal authorization to discharge to the King County sewer system
• New and improved permit application now available
• KCIW’s database upgrade project status
• Self-monitoring reports – specifying units
• Make sure you are receiving communications about your authorization – add KCIW to your trusted senders list

Read the Spring 2021 newsletter

Fall 2020 newsletter

• Industrial Waste staff are essential, please help protect them – ensure you and your staff are wearing masks
• Make sure you are receiving communications about your authorization – add KCIW to your trusted senders list
• Comment period on KCIW rules is open until September 23rd
• Companies that violate wastewater rules receive penalties
• Guidance for wineries coming
• Tips on sampling for cyanide in your wastewater
• A new way to pay King County Industrial Waste invoices for permit issuance fees and penalties
• The case of the metal strands – teamwork leads to the source of treatment system damage
• Updating our database so we can serve you better
• Working with dental offices to keep mercury out of our water – Deadline for submitting reports is October

Read the Fall 2020 newsletter

Summer 2020 newsletter

• Learn how to meet requirements and how to dispose of liquid food grade products
• Help update rules that govern KCIW’s work
• See the 2019 awardees and read about avoiding penalties so you can earn an award

Read the Summer 2020 newsletter

Fall 2019 newsletter

• KCIW Rule Updates coming in 2020
• Changes are coming to Post Violation Inspection and Monitoring Program (PVIMP) Fees
• Companies that violate clean water rules receive penalties
• Four industrial facilities recognized for their commitment to environmental compliance in 2018
• Another way to get recognized for your good work - Sign up for EnviroStars!

Read the Fall 2019 newsletter

Summer 2019 newsletter

• New fee structure and charges became effective July 1, 2019
• Companies that violate clean water rules receive penalties
• Industrial facilities recognized for commitment to environmental compliance in 2018

Read the Summer 2019 newsletter