MANUALS & GUIDES |
Drainage
Maintenance Standards for Commercial and Multifamily Drainage Facilities
Guidelines for Bank Stabilization
Projects
1998 surface
water design manual maps, drawings, and supporting documents
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The
Integrated Pond
Tips for architects and builders to enhance the design and value
of stormwater ponds
Puget
Sound Shoreline Stewardship Guidebook
Ecologically sensitive tips for owners of beach and bluff shorelines.
Noxious
Weed Control Best Management Practices |
Stormwater
Pollution Prevention Manual
Best management practices for businesses to prevent pollution
in stormwater runoff |
BROCHURES |
Water
and Land Resources Division
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Wastewater
Treatment Division
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Partnership
for Parks - Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities |
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PROJECTS |
Wastewater
Treatment Division Construction Projects |
Water
and Land Management in King County
A directory of services, programs and activities provided by King
County DNRP's Water and Land Resources Division |
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NEWSLETTERS |
KC
Weed News
noxious weed workshops and tours, and weed highlights |
Downstream
News
news, announcements, and helpful tips related to water conservation,
water quality, and aquatic habitat conservation in King County. |
Class
Act
newsletter for teachers provides info about Solid Waste Division educational
programs |
Farm
and Forest Newsletter
(880 Kb Acrobat file) |
Brightwater
(wastewater treatment system) newsletter |
Green
Gram
latest news on King County Solid Waste Green Teams |
PLANS |
Boise Creek Rapid Rural Reconnaissance Report
Inventory of the Boise Creek Basin's surface water needs including
its priority drainage, habitat, and water quality projects, acquisitions,
studies, and programs. |
King County Flood Hazard Management Plan
Outlines a robust program to prepare for, and respond to, future
flood disasters. |
Groundwater
Protection Services and Funding
2005 Report to King County Council and Seattle-King County Board
of Health |
Proposed
WRIA 8 Chinook Conservation Plan
Long-term measures planned by multi-jurisdictional partners
to restore salmon habitat and their populations in the Lake Washington,
Cedar River, and Sammamish watershed. |
Patterson
Creek Rapid Rural Reconnaissance Report
The document will help guide the surface water-related work King
County performs in Patterson Creek basin. Look up priority drainage,
habitat, and water quality projects, acquisitions, studies, and
programs to be funded over time by surface water management fees
dedicated to King County's capital budget. |
Natural Lands Site Management
Guidelines
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Water
and Land Resources Business Plan
Plan to help guide the division through fiscal challenges projected
for 2005 to 2010 and secure its long-term future. |
Stormwater
Management Program Document
Lays out required stormwater management activities and the processes
to accomplish them, to comply with King County's National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. |
Vashon-Maury
Island Rapid Rural Reconnaissance Report
The document will help guide the surface water-related work King
County performs on Vashon-Maury Island. Look up priority drainage,
habitat, and water quality projects, acquisitions, studies, and
programs to be funded over time by surface water management fees
dedicated to King County's capital budget. |
Parks
Transition Plan
This plan outlines fundamental changes in the policy and operations
of King County's Parks and Recreation Division, including aggressive
new ways to generate money through partnerships, fees, naming rights,
advertising and concessions. |
Strategic
Plan - Water and Land Resources Division
Adapting to the complexities of modern resource management with
a focus on performance. |
Final
WRIA 8 Near-term Action Agenda for Salmon Habitat Conservation
Interim measures that can be undertaken while multi-jurisdictional
partners work on a long-term conservation plan for salmon habitat
in the Lake Washington, Cedar River, and Sammamish watershed. |
Conserving
Salmon:
King County Accomplishments and Action Plan
This report highlights King County's 2000-2001 accomplishments
and outlines future actions that conserve ecosystems to sustain
healthy salmon populations, other fish and wildlife habitat, and
the quality of life in the County. |
Final
WRIA 9 Near-term Action Agenda for Salmon Habitat Recovery Planning
Interim measures that can be undertaken while we work on a long-term
conservation plan for salmon habitat in the Green/Duwamish watershed. |
October 1999 King County Rural Drainage and Water Quality Proposal (LARGE PDF, 526 kb) |
Final
2001 Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan
May
Creek Basin Plan
Plan addresses drainage and habitat in the area draining to
May Creek, north of Renton.
Cedar
River Basin and Nonpoint Pollution Action Plan Summary (1995) |
Regional Wastewater Services
Plan (RWSP)
The RWSP outlines the projects and programs King County will implement over the next 30 years to improve and expand our wastewater system to serve our rapidly growing region. The RWSP library/resources page includes the following:
- Progress (Annual) Reports
- Comprehensive Reviews
- Water Quality Reports
- RWSP Operational Master Plan and Ordinance 13680
- RWSP Executive's Preferred Plan
- Final Environmental Impact Statement
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GAMES and QUIZZES |
download and play the salmon challenge game |
take the interactive salmon
quiz |
DNRP Kids
Web |
take the interactive EQ
quiz to learn your "Environmental Quotient" |
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RULES |
Wetland
Mitigation Banking
Public Rules & Guidelines
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SEPA
appeal announcement
Notice of intent to Amend Public Rule PUT 7-4. This Public Rule addresses
the appeal process to any Determination of Non-significance (DNS)
or Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) issued under the
State Environmental Policy Act, or SEPA. |
Public Rule
Right-of-way
and Drainage Facility Inspection Fees
(18.3 Kb Acrobat
file) |
TECHNICAL REPORTS |
Model Low Impact Development Strategies for Big Box Retail Stores |
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King
County Streams Water Quality Reports |
Rural Drainage Program Accountability
Reports to the King County Council
Desribe accomplshments and expendituresof King County's
Surface Water Management Program on Vashon-Maury Island, the Enumclaw
Plateau, and Snoqualmie Valley.
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Small Habitat Restoration Program
Annual Reports:
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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 |
Sediment
Quality Evaluation in Lake Sammamish, Lake Union, and Lake Washington
Report of chemical and biological substances, their distribution
and toxicity, and benthic communities at various sample sites.
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Chinook Spawner Survey Technical
Reports
Greater Lake Washington Drainage
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Ambient
Groundwater Monitoring Results, 2001-2004
Report of groundwater samples from across King County, providing measurements
of well depth and concentrations of nitrate, arsenic, lead, and iron
in well water. |
Biological
Effects Analysis Report
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Marine Water Quality Reports
1997,
1998,
1999
-2000, 2001,
2002-2003,
2004
» More Puget
Sound Technical Reports |
2003
Annual Report - Groundwater Protection Program |
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. |
Snoqualmie
Watershed Stream Habitat Reconnaissance Report
Assessment of habitat conditions, presence and relative distribution
of salmonid species and other aquatic biota in 14 rivers and streams
in the lower Snoqualmie Watershed. |
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Lake
Washington Existing Conditions Report - 2004 |
Core
Areas: A Framework for Identifying Critical Habitat for Salmon
Habitat report describing river and watershed features favorable to
salmon survival, to guide efforts that protect and help recover depleted
stocks. Published February, 2004. |
Feasibility Study: Anaerobic
Digesters for King County Dairies |
Study
to Evaluate the Price and Markets for Residual Solids from a Dairy
Cow Manure Anaerobic Digester |
Vashon-Maury
Island Rapid Rural Reconnaissance Report |
NEW REPORT:
The
Current Status of Kokanee in the Greater Lake Washington Watershed |
Brightwater
Final EIS
Environmental review document describing effects of the planned
Brightwater Treatment Plant and related conveyance facilities. |
The
Business We Do 24/7
Wastewater Treatment's performance report for 2001-2002 |
2002
Report: Small Habitat Restoration Program |
WRIA
10 - Salmon Habitat Limiting Factors for the Puyallup River Basin
Outlines the loss of habitat in this
basin -- which includes the White River drainage in south King County
-- and appraises costs of preserving good habitat, restoring damaged
habitat, and and other changes to enable self-sustaining salmon populations. |
Wastewater
Treatment Division Computer Systems Planning Study
Identification of existing computer systems, the Division's technology
needs, risk assessment associated with existing computer systems,
and recommended improvements. |
Snoqualmie
Watershed Aquatic Habitat Conditions Report: Summary of 1999 - 2001
Conditions
Summary of habitat conditions for multiple species of salmonids
and other aquatic biota in aquatic ecosystems of the Snoqualmie
Watershed, including the mainstem Snoqualmie River and several of
its tributaries. |
2001
Salmon Spawning Surveys in Selected Tributaries of the Cedar River,
Washington |
Final
Report, East Hylebos Creek 2001 Monitoring Program
Results of water quality and habitat monitoring from 2001 in East
Hylebos Creek. |
White
River Land Acquisition Evaluation Report
Review the lands recommended to be acquired for salmon
habitat restoration and flood management along the White River in
south King County. Published 2002. |
King
County Groundwater Management Program Annual Report, 2001
Learn about the progress of the Groundwater Protection
Program of King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks. |
West
Hill Drainage Study
Inventory, analysis and recommendations to improve the drainage
infrastructure in the Bryn Mawr area of South Lake Washington. |
Habitat
Inventory and Assessment of Juanita Creek in 2000
A report on instream and riparian salmon habitat quality
in Juanita Creek in the Kirkland area of north King County. |
Small
Streams Toxicity/Pesticide Study
A report about toxic substances such as pesticides and metals in streams
draining to Lake Washington. |
Historic
Habitat Conditions in the Snoqualmie River Valley
Survey of historical habitat conditions of Snoqualmie river valley
from aerial photographs and historical documents. |
Historic
and Current Status of Kokanee in the Lake Washington Basin |
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Characteristics
of the low-elevation Sphagnum-dominated peatlands of western Washington:
a community profile
A compilation of data and findings about Sphagnum-dominated
peatlands from existing local sources, most of which are unpublished
as of November, 2001. |
Salmon
Conservation in the Snoqualmie Watershed
A "one-stop" reference for local residents, elected
officials, and city and agency staff members who are interested in
salmon conservation planning in the Snoqualmie
Watershed. |
Habitat
Inventory and Assessment of Three Sammamish River Tributaries: North,
Swamp, and Little Bear Creeks (Acrobat
format) |
Sammamish
River Water and Sediment Quality Assessment |
King
County Water Quality Report, 2000 (368 kb Acrobat
file) |
State
of the Nearshore Report
A summary of the characteristics of the Puget Sound shoreline and
estuarine ecosystem in King County. |
Literature
Review and Recommended Sampling Protocol for Bull Trout in King County |
2000
Bull Trout Surveys (Acrobat
format) |
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