Seattle City Council banned plastic carryout bags back in 2011. So why are they back— in a thicker form? Seattle residents likely can remember a time between 2012 and 2020 where plastic carryout bags were not offered at grocery stores and other [...]

It was a glorious day at Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) Watershed Headquarters  in North Bend, WA, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Cedar River Watershed Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)  – a 50 year plan that was prepared under the [...]

On Wednesday, August 20 sewage from a broken sewer pipe entered a part of the drainage system upstream of Mount Baker Park. This part of the drainage system drains onto a rocky land area on the shore of Lake Washington. Seattle Public Utilities [...]

This summer has been another hot and dry one, and the dedicated team of water managers at Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) was prepared. Since we started the year with lower-than-average snowpack, they began refilling our mountain reservoirs [...]