These bugs could help Seattle's poop spill. But they're hibernating Workers continue their efforts to get the West Point Treatment Plant in Seattle up and running. The plant was crippled by a flood last month and it... Kate OConnell
Fixing Seattle’s sewage snafu is going to cost a poop-load King County officials are preparing to spend millions of dollars to find out what caused a recent wastewater disaster in Puget Sound. Paige Browning
Oil spills every day in Washington. This time in Duwamish River Washington's Department of Ecology has a robust response plan for oil spills. They have to, because there's an oil spill of some kind every day in... Paige Browning
No water, no problem for tough Pierce County town For residents in a tiny town in Pierce County, it's been bottled or boiled water since Wednesday afternoon. The 650 person town of Carbonado is under a... Paige Browning
Washington state won't pay for school lead tests until fall 2017, at the earliest Washington lawmakers want to step up efforts to keep lead out of school drinking water. But the state won't pay for school water quality tests until at... Paige Browning
Those glorious hot days are causing rapid snowmelt The unusually warm spring has let gardeners do some early planting, but it signals problems ahead for Washington farmers. The warm weather is causing... Paige Browning
Does your school test for lead? Washington districts are inconsistent SEATTLE - For about $5 per student in Washington state's public schools, every parent could know if the drinking water in their child's school was free... The Associated Press
Seattle hunt for lead 'goosenecks' in private homes Utility crews in Seattle and Tacoma are on the hunt for lead goosenecks. Paige Browning
High levels of lead found in the drinking water of four more Tacoma schools Bill Radke talks with (Tacoma) News Tribune reporter Debbie Cafazzo about the presence of lead in the drinking water at six schools in the Tacoma School... Bill Radke Andy Hurst
Seattle Public Schools says there's lead in most buildings – but it's under control Recent, routine tests in Seattle Public Schools found that 49 schools had at least one faucet with lead levels above the district’s acceptable limit.... Ann Dornfeld