http://kplu.org en http://kplu.org/post/seattle-king-county-spend-15-billion-wastewater-upgrades <p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The city of Seattle and King County will spend $1.46 billion on upgrades to public sewer systems aimed at reducing the amount of polluted water entering the Puget Sound and other waterways, according to a federal settlement filed under the Clean Water Act.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Under the agreement, the city and county will also pay $750,000 in fines for dumping raw sewage into the Sound and several lakes.&nbsp;</span></p><p> Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:35:09 +0000 Bellamy Pailthorp 8444 at http://kplu.org Seattle, King County to spend $1.5 billion on wastewater upgrades http://kplu.org/post/stormwater-runoff-flood-crud <p>http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-946671.mp3</p><p>We’re still dealing with landslides and flooding from the heavy rains brought by last week’s Pineapple Express storms. But the downpour also washed a flood of gunk and junk off of the region’s streets, sidewalks and parking lots, into more than 4,500 storm drains and right into Puget Sound.</p><p>Storm drains usually empty underwater, so nobody sees the flood of crud that pours into rivers and bays across the region.</p><p><strong>Well, almost no one ...</strong></p><p> Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:27:33 +0000 Liam Moriarty 566 at http://kplu.org Stormwater runoff: A flood of crud