The Bubbler
Clean water news from King County Wastewater Treatment Division.
2024
- Keeping Puget Sound clean with industrial waste innovations
- West Point weathers ‘bomb cyclone’ in first test of battery system
- WTD achievements honored with double awards and board appointment
- Applications open for Operator-in-Training Program
- It's World Toilet Day and we sent in the Flush Mob!
- Toss ‘FOG’ to prevent clogs
- Top honors for Carnation and Vashon treatment plants
- Fully charged to protect Puget Sound
- Feeding local families in need
- Art space maximizes water quality
- Partners in Water launches new community grant funding
- Fall Job Fair and Workforce Training Symposium, October 23
- Puget Soundkeeper sees wastewater treatment in action
- Snoqualmie Tree Farm showcases biosolids success
- Loop Truck Shop earns LEED Platinum certification!
- From classrooms to careers, WTD interns make their mark
- Visit our online open house for Mouth of Duwamish Wet Weather Facilities
- New milestone in water quality enhancements
- Governor visits Georgetown to announce decarbonization grants
- Meet the tiny helpers in wastewater treatment
- Connect with us on Instagram!
- WTD boosts solar capacity for a bright future
- Get your summer on by planning a rain garden!
- Georgetown showered with more awards
- Careers abound for women in wastewater
- Federal loan funds WTD's clean water projects
- Connect with us on Instagram!
- New wastewater infrastructure projects connect communities to ‘green wave’ of jobs
- How WTD is growing the next generation of wastewater talent to protect Puget Sound
- Birding at a wastewater treatment facility? Brightwater becomes a hot spot for feathered friends
- John Taylor takes the helm as DNRP’s new director
- Discover the future of sanitation: Innovative exhibit at Gates Foundation Discovery Center
- CitySoil Farm is looking for weekly volunteers! No green thumb required
2023
- West Point’s odd collection of adorable mischief-makers display so many careless flushes
- WTD partners with developer to launch one of nation’s first projects to tap sewer heat
- It’s a whale of a job at Brightwater Treatment Plant
- Don’t invite the plumber to your holiday dinner
- Grandfather’s Wisdom returns to Brightwater Trails
- Swapping backpacks for hardhats, a summer job like no other
- WTD is ready for wet weather
- Are you or someone you know interested in a green job?
- Do you have a child obsessed with potty talk? We have a solution!
- Massive pumps at West Point Treatment Plant get a tune up
- Grappling with the legacy of racist housing policies
- Great progress on power quality at West Point Treatment Plant
- Mad Scientist in the woods? Or just another day at Vashon Treatment Plant?
- King County’s wastewater ‘parks’ offer a dose of nature, minus the crowds
- Look inside this giant new tunnel that will improve water quality in Seattle’s Ship Canal
- As Duwamish River is made cleaner, local artists help community connect to its waters
- Stop by WTD’s booth at Duwamish River Festival, August 5
- Got an idea to improve water quality in the Puget Sound region?
- Volunteers needed at City Soil Farm
- Ever taken a tour of a wastewater treatment plant? Now’s your chance!
- Read the new PopUp StoryWalk along Brightwater Trails
- West Point Treatment Plant: laying the foundation for climate change resilience
- What did it take to become a female operator at a King County wastewater treatment plant? Ask Pam Restovic.
- Georgetown Wet Weather Station made it through the Seattle winter!
- Volunteers needed at City Soil Farm
- Ever wanted to tour a wastewater treatment plant? Now’s your chance!
- What better way to celebrate Earth Day than in a rain garden?
- Work With WTD
- Jobs for Clean Water: Career Events