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Check Out Our Report Card

Online and in mailboxes this summer The Annual Report Card is about providing value and being accountable to you. Every year, we set performance goals to ensure that we’re continuously improving while providing friendly and efficient customer service. This first Annual Report Card shows we are meeting many of our… [ Keep reading ]

Summer Paint Out Starts in July

Pick up your FREE graffiti paint out supplies this Saturday Summer is here and Seattleites are gearing up to take part in the new anti-graffiti program – Summer Paint Out. Summer Paint Out, in its first year, runs from July through August. Whether you are a group or an individual,… [ Keep reading ]

Normal Collection on Fourth of July

Seattle food and yard waste, garbage and recycling collections will be on normal schedule for Monday’s Fourth of July holiday. Seattle Public Utilities customers should place their containers out for collection by 7 am to ensure collection. The South Recycling and Disposal Station will be open on Monday, July 4,… [ Keep reading ]

A Toilet Leak Can Cost

Saving Water Partnership Hosts Helpful How-to Leak Repair Videos Toilet leaks can range from small to large, constant or random. Many are even silent. Even a small, silent leak can easily waste $50 per year in water and sewer costs. Large leaks can cost you much more. Fortunately, most toilet… [ Keep reading ]

Come Out to Lunch Friday!

Look for Seattle Public Utilities at these FREE Out to Lunch Concert Series: June 24 – Country rockers The Maldives play at Harbor Steps June 29 – Kris Orlowski & the Passenger String Quartet play folk rock at Bank of America Plaza July 1– The Paperboys play Celtic rock tunes at Harbor… [ Keep reading ]

Read the Report and Win

Seattle Public Utilities’ 2010 Water Quality Annual Report is arriving in mailboxes and is online. Learn why Seattle has some of the highest quality drinking water in the nation Take the survey about drinking water and help improve our services for a chance to win your choice of a free tour… [ Keep reading ]

Don’t Miss 7/9 Car Workshop

Leaking Car? Get It Checked for FREE Keep oil and other fluid leaks from your car from harming our local waterways and wildlife. Join the experts at South Seattle Community College’s Automotive Technology Program on July 9 from 9 am to 1 pm for a FREE auto leaks class. Learn where… [ Keep reading ]

$1 OFF Compostable Bags

Compostable bags are a great way to store and transport food scraps before putting them in your food and yard waste cart. To encourage you to keep recycling, we are offering discounts on GLAD® compostable bags. The bags are a vegetable-based material that’s 100% biodegradable and Cedar Grove-approved, so they turn… [ Keep reading ]

Paint Out Graffiti Next Month

Get your FREE supplies today! July and August are Summer Paint Out. Whether you are a group or an individual, you can tackle graffiti in your neighborhood. We’ll supply you with paint (white-brown-gray), rollers, brushes, scrapers, and gloves. Go to www.seattle.gov/util/SummerPaintOut and join the new summer tradition.

Rattlesnake Ledge Geology Hike

Thursday, June 23, 2 pm – 5 pm Come and explore the ancient volcano, glacial ice, melt water floods, and underground rivers that shaped the land and waterways of the Cedar River Watershed. This moderately strenuous interpretive hike (round-trip 4 miles, elevation gain of 1,200 feet) begins at the trailhead… [ Keep reading ]