Thank you for properly maintaining your automobile! You’re helping to keep oil and other automotive fluids from finding their way to Puget Sound and other waterways, which hurts wildlife and habitat. To help you continue to stop drips, leaks, and follow healthy maintenance habits like recycling your oil, we are… [ Keep reading ]
Spring is here and so is your chance to beautify your neighborhood. Now in its 24th year, Spring Clean is Seattle’s premier public space cleanup program. This year’s Spring Clean runs from Thursday, April 1 to Monday, May 31. Projects include litter pickups, removal of invasive plants such as English… [ Keep reading ]
Check out Bert and Phil’s Water Busters game on the Saving Water Partnership website. Kids of all ages – that means adults too – can learn about great ways to save water. The Saving Water Partnership is a consortium of 18 water utilities, including Seattle Public Utilities, implementing the 1%… [ Keep reading ]
Save yourself a trip to the recycling cart by choosing these three paper-saving options. You won’t regret it. Remove yourself from junk mailing lists at www.dmachoice.org. Stop getting unwanted phone directories: Dex (choose 0 directories from pull-down menus), Yellowbook, Yellow Pages. Opt out of receiving pre-approved credit or insurance offers at… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Public Utilities and PRR, Inc. have been recognized by the Puget Sound Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) with a Totem Award for Community Relations for their “Better Recycling” campaign. The aim of the 2009 “Better Recycling” campaign was to educate Seattle businesses and residents about… [ Keep reading ]
Join the Friends of the Cedar River Watershed and plant native trees and shrubs along the Cedar River in Maple Valley on Saturday, February 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please sign up in advance by emailing nisa@cedarriver.org. Friends of the Cedar River Watershed is a private, non-profit organization incorporated in 1996 and… [ Keep reading ]
SEATTLE – Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) crews have restored normal water service to residents in the View Ridge neighborhood. Crews made an emergency repair to a 16-inch water main today which required moving approximately 50 View Ridge households to an alternative water distribution source to maintain water delivery. Normal water… [ Keep reading ]
SEATTLE – Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) crews are working to make an emergency repair to a 16-inch water main in the View Ridge neighborhood. The repair process required moving approximately 50 households to an alternative water distribution source to maintain water delivery. The repair is expected to be completed by… [ Keep reading ]
A Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) program that encourages Ballard residents to help slow the flow of stormwater in their neighborhood was featured on KING-5 News. Under SPU’s RainWise pilot program, eligible Ballard residents can get incentives for installing rain gardens or cisterns – which help to stem the flow of… [ Keep reading ]
Protecting local streams, creeks and lakes can be as simple as volunteering to stencil storm drains in your neighborhood. When it rains, some storm drains flow directly into Puget Sound or the nearest stream or lake, carrying the hazardous chemicals, pesticides, paints, antifreeze and used motor oil illegally poured down… [ Keep reading ]
