Archive for October 1st, 2009

More Rainwater Collection Ideas

You can not call a rain barrel a rainwater harvesting system because it is missing important components for filtration. If you are wanting the full … See all stories on this topic

Rainwater Harvesting: How to Create a System

By Pat Owens Installation of a Rainwater Harvesting System for household use on a house being built is easier than one already built. … See all stories on this topic

Recycling Center Makes Slavin Greener

… in addition to a bio-retention area into which rainwater from the roof will drain in order to hydrate the vegetation on Slavin lawn. The recycling … See all stories on this topic

More Rainwater Collection Ideas

You can not call a rain barrel a rainwater harvesting system because it is missing important components for filtration. If you are wanting the full … See all stories on this topic

Rainwater Harvesting: How to Create a System

By Pat Owens Installation of a Rainwater Harvesting System for household use on a house being built is easier than one already built. … See all stories on this topic

Big flood could turn sewage-treatment plant in Renton into an

… S. in Tukwila in a county-owned building, just north of the Museum of Flight. on Oakesdale Avenue and the Metro sewage-treatment plant on Monster Road. … See all stories on this topic

Seattle's Plunge into Sewage Treatment

But here in King County, citizens didn't wait for the federal government to mandate sewage treatment. As early as the 1950s, a citizen group organized to … See all stories on this topic

Flu pandemic might merit sewage treatment upgrade

Ghosh found the compound in sewage treatment plant effluent in Kyoto at concentrations likely to be “high enough to lead to antiviral resistance in … See all stories on this topic

Ferry washrooms shut to avoid raw sewage dump

However, a worker on the Quinsam, who asked not to be identified, said Wednesday that the ferry's sewage treatment system has not been working properly for … See all stories on this topic

Island History

Save the Bay's bad and ugly ratings of the island's sewage treatment plant had town officials seeing red Monday night. In its annual The Good, … See all stories on this topic