Featured
Aug. 25, 2008
Heavy rains result in small overflow in University Slough
July 9, 2008
External article, Seattle P-I
King County fined for sewage spill
April 23, 2008
External article, Sammamish Review
Development biggest threat to Beaver Lake
Lakeside Living Landscape Design
Nov., 2007
Cyanobacteria Bloom in Lake Washington
Nov. 21, 2007
Mild weather leads to late-season algae blooms in lakes across King County
Nov. 9, 2007
Absence of hydrilla in two King County lakes could signal victory in battle to eradicate invasive weed
 Environmental Indicators for Lakes in King County, WA
 101 reasons to pick up pet waste (external)
Sept. 14, 2007
External link, Seattle
P-I
Tar bubbling up at Gas Works
Aug. 29, 2007
External link, Seattle
P-I
Sewage spilled into Portage Bay is traced to UW
Avoid "weed and feed"
Help salmon & trout:
Live
on a lake, river, or creek? Help keep it hospitable for salmon
& trout.
May 21, 2007
Update of shoreline-management rules not expected to bring significant changes
Jan. 16, 2007
Shoreline
management review launched in King County
Oct 27, 2006
County'
hydrilla eradication project seeing good results
June 29, 2006
Lakes’
water quality looks good for Fourth of July fun
50
Ways to Love your Lake
Things you can do to help your
lake be healthier.
Small
Lakes Recreation Guide
Look up options for swimming,
fishing, boating, picnicking, and other activities at King
County lakes. Includes maps displaying depth contours
Living
with Lakes
Tips for home landscaping and
gardening.
 Aquatic
Weed Identification
Access our information geographically,
by watershed.
» Archived Lake News
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Introduction
to Lakes
Each has a life of its own
Environmental Indicators for Lakes 
Learn about the condition of King County’s lakes, key factors influencing their condition, King County actions, and how you can help.
Swimming
Beaches
Find out about bacteria pollution levels and health risks at swimming
beaches on lake Sammamish, Lake Washington, Pine Lake, Fivemile
Lake, and Lake Wilderness.
King
County Boating Regulations Fact Sheet
Learn about speed limits, personal floatation devices, operation
of personal watercraft, motorized boat bans and other restrictions
on specific King County Lakes.
» Other Lake
Fact Sheets
Lake
Shorelines, Life on the Edge Video Series (Windows
Media format)
Watch a video that describes lakes in King County and how residents
value them, with ideas that shoreline landowners may like to apply
to help preserve the quality of lakes and lake ecosystems.
Hydrography
- Interactive Map
Note: this link will open a new browser
window
Zoom in to view and query GIS datasets including lakes and streams
in King County, drainage areas, King County wetlands inventory,
National wetlands inventory, and display aerial photos and USGS
topographic map images.
 King
County Lakes Map
This color map includes cities as of December, 1999; lakes, lake
names in western King County, rivers, and streams. File format is
Adobe Acrobat version
3. File size is 734 Kb and will take approximately
4 minutes to download on a 28.8 Kb/s modem.
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.
- Lake
Washington Story
A discussion about the value of Lake Washington, its past pollution
problems and subsequent efforts to clean up the lake.
- Lake Sammamish Story
An overview of Lake Sammamish and its value to people and
wildlife, the lake's past pollution problems and subsequent efforts
to keep the lake clean.
Shoreline
Master Program
Learn about King County's program to protect shorelines, promote
public access, and establish priorities for shoreline uses for the
county's large lakes, rivers and Puget Sound.
Critical
Areas Ordinance Fact Sheet: Aquatic Areas (Adobe Acrobat
PDF)
Streams
and River Monitoring
Keeping watch for pollution in streams draining to Lake Washington,
Lake Sammamish and the Green/Duwamish River.
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.
Environmental
Laboratory
Collects samples from lakes, rivers and marine waters, 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.
Aquatic Plants
Find out how to identify plants in your lake including noxious aquatic
weeds, and learn how to help manage aquatic plants.
Toxic Algae in Lake
Sammamish
Green Algae at Madrona
Beach
Leeches!
During summer months, some King County lakes host leeches! Read
the leech page to learn about the value of leeches, their life cycle,
and feeding and reproduction.
Volunteer
Event Calendar
Join us in stenciling stormdrains, restoring fish and wildlife habitat,
and other lake related activities.
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