Featured
Sept. 12, 2008
Two, mile-long Brightwater outfall pipelines make successful journey to Puget Sound floor
Sept. 7, 2008
External opinion, Seattle P-I
Salmon homecoming: Our urban nature
Aug. 28, 2008
External opinion, Seattle P-I
Setting priorities a must for Sound
Aug. 25, 2008
Community invited to celebrate clean water at Vashon Island treatment plant open house
Aug. 20, 2008
External opinion, Seattle P-I
Puget Sound: Treat the whole patient
Aug. 11, 2008
External article, Seattle P-I
Inadequate policing puts state's water quality in jeopardy
Fees now fund less than half of staff necessary to monitor pollution
Aug. 9, 2008
External article, Seattle P-I
Buildings given a role in saving Sound
Aug. 8, 2008
External article, Seattle Times
Pollution ruling could alter building practices in state
Aug. 7, 2008
External opinion, Crosscut
Puget Sound triage
July 30, 2008
External article, Seattle Times
West Coast governors: Clean up Pacific
July 29, 2008
External article, Seattle P-I
Governors' plan aims to make ocean healthier
July 25, 2008
External article, Seattle Times
Study puts price on Puget Sound
July 24, 2008
External article, Seattle P-I
Study considers how to make cents of the Sound
Economists assign monetary values to region's 'natural' gifts
July 11, 2008
External Opinion, Seattle P-I
Puget Sound: We're the polluters
July 10, 2008
Sims will appeal land use decision by Court of Appeals
July 7, 2008
King County Executive Ron Sims statement on Appeals Court ruling on Critical Areas Regulations clearing limits
July 6, 2008
External article, Seattle P-I
State and local governments side with builders on runoff pollution
Environmentalists seek 'low impact' mandates Governments side with builders
July 4, 2008
External article, Seattle P-I
30,000 Atlantic salmon escape from a B.C. fish farm
Fewer than 400 of the fish were recovered
July 4, 2008
External article, Seattle P-I
Exxon Valdez ruling worries environmental watchdogs
Oil companies say they'll still focus on safety
June 26, 2008
External editorial, Seattle Times
Boost Puget Sound to a higher profile
Raise Puget Sound's profile in Congress to match the Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay and the Everglades
June 26, 2008
External article, Seattle P-I
Legislation introduced to restore Puget Sound
Bill would create an EPA office specifically for recovery efforts
June 11, 2008
External column, Seattle Times
Charting a new course toward a healthy Puget Sound
May 15, 2008
External opinion, Seattle Times
Restoring Puget Sound will require collective agreement
External report Seattle Times
Failing our Sound Series
May 2, 2008
King County supporting project to remove deadly derelict fishing gear from Puget Sound
April 25, 2008
External article, Seattle P-I
Scientists: Rescue plan for Sound falls short
New blueprint neglects stormwater, critics say
March 31, 2008
External article, Seattle Times
How Brightwater soared to $1.8 billion - and why you're paying more
March 28, 2008
Employees respond to overflow at West Point Treatment Plant
March 26, 2008
External article, Seattle P-I
How to make city's shoreline friendlier to sea life?
Nooks and crannies help baby salmon and crabs hide out
March 18, 2008
Your idea for on-site spill 'first aid' response could result in a $10,000 grant from King County
Environmental Indicators for Marine Habitat in King County, WA
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Puget Sound Marine Features
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Puget
Sound Marine Monitoring
Authoritative source for water quality monitoring data, scientific
studies, and marine restoration projects in Central Puget Sound
waters of King County.
Marine Monitoring Reports: 1997,
1998,
1999
-2000, 2001,
2002-2003,
2004
Environmental Indicators for Marine Habitat
Learn about the condition of King County's marine habitat (waters, shorelines and sediments), key influencing factors, King County actions, and how you can help.
Puget Sound Partnership (external link)
Public/private group working to develop an aggressive 15-year plan
to solve Puget Sound's most vexing problems.
History
of King County's Regional Wastewater Treatment Utility
Read how our region worked to keep our lakes and Puget Sound clean
and healthy, including the early days of sewage treatment and disposal
in King County, the birth of Metro and development of regional facilities
to process the waste produced by our metropolitan area.
Combined Sewer Overflow Control Program
During heavy rainstorms, our combined sewers may exceed their capacity and the mixture of untreated sewage and stormwater is allowed to overflow into Puget Sound and other waters to keep it from backing up into homes and businesses. Learn how King County is working to improve our system to control overflows.
Brightwater
plant siting decision
A 114-acre site next to Route 9 near Woodinville is the site
for the new Brightwater Treatment Plant to serve sewer customers
in north King and south Snohomish counties for at least the next
50 years.
» News: Route
9 site chosen for Brightwater Treatment Plant
Puget
Sound Marine Life Photos
View a photo collection of marine plants and animals including pictures
of Puget Sound fish, invertebrates, and algae.
King
County Climate Change Plan
How King County seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adapt
to projected climate change impacts, and embed mitigation and adaptation
into county policy decisions. The plan incorporates issues, goals
and actions related to coastal areas.
Coastal
Areas breakout session results, King County Climate Change Conference
Review a summary report describing anticipated affects of global
warming on coastal lands in Washington State with proposed adaptation
strategies. Also, look up the coastal area session agenda, presentations,
and speaker credentials and biographies.
Shoreline Master Program
Learn about King County's program to protect shorelines on Puget
Sound, large lakes and major rivers.
Saltwater
Shorelines, Life on the Edge Video Series
Watch a video that describes what affects Puget Sound beaches and
their habitat, with ideas that beachgoers and shoreline property
owners may like to apply to help preserve the quality of saltwater
beaches and their ecosystems.
Ask
a Beach Naturalist next Summer (external link)
Beach Naturalists can tell you what seastars eat, why barnacles
stand on their heads and how moon snails lay their eggs. They know
their beach and can help you enjoy it without harming it. Children
are especially welcome!
Sea
Star Identification Key
Identify common Intertidal "starfish" of Puget Sound.
Juvenile
Salmonid Composition, Timing, Distribution, and Diet in Marine Nearshore
Waters of Central Puget Sound in 2001-2002
Scientific report essential for protecting Puget Sound salmon from
extinction and to recover depleted salmon stocks.
Marine
Shoreline Inventory Report
Inventory of selected shoreline habitat features that support juvenile
salmonids, presented in part using high-resolution aerial photos
with overlays that classify habitat types.
Inventory
and Assessment of Current and Historic Beach Feeding Sources/Erosion
and Accretion Areas for the Marine Shorelines of Water Resource
Inventory Areas 8 and 9
Endocrine
disrupting chemicals in the environment
Learn about these natural and synthetic chemicals flushed daily
into our marine waters, and discover what King County is doing to
protect public health and the environment as the science and our
understanding of endocrine disruptors develops.
State
of the Nearshore Report
It's no surprise that human impacts have caused big trouble for
the marine shoreline environment in King County, but a new first-of-its-kind
report released September 5, 2001 is helping to crystallize the
extent of the problem.
Elliot
Bay Nearshore Substrate Enhancement
A status report on a project to restore nearshore habitat by placing
cobble, quarry spall, pea gravel and oyster shell at sites near
the Duwamish Head and Seacrest.
Central Puget Sound Watershed
Info in King County about Puget Sound and the creek drainages that
drain directly to it.
Environmental
Laboratory
Collects samples from marine waters, lakes, rivers, biosolids application
sites, industries and wastewater treatment plants, and analyzes
samples in one of several labs including trace metals, organics,
conventionals, microbiology and aquatic toxicology labs.
2000
King County Water Quality Report (368 kb Acrobat
file)
Report includes an appraisal of water quality in Puget Sound focusing
on locations around treatment plants and combined sewer overflow
outfalls.
Fish
passage improves at the Chittenden Locks in Ballard
All ocean-bound fish from the greater Lake Washington drainage swim
past the locks to reach Puget Sound. Find out what changes are making
the locks safer for these young anadromous fish.
Beach
Assessment Program
A report of volunteer marine life surveys conducted at King County
beaches.
Combined Sewer Overflow
Water Quality Assessment:
Duwamish River and Elliott Bay
Ask
a Beach Naturalist next Summer
Beach Naturalists will be on their beaches on low tide days next
summer, available to teach about the wonders of local Puget Sound
beaches.
Beyond
the Beach: Learn about the Nearshore Environment and what you
can do to help protect it from damage.
Learn
about the Puget
Sound Nearshore Environment from this illustrated presentation:
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