Storm Rain Gauge Data In
December 14, 2010
…Utilities, who worked on the analysis. The map-based analysis, based on data from 22 local rain gauges, shows that at several locations—including West Seattle, Green Lake, and South Park—the amount…
Utilities’ Scientists Re-map Seattle’s Flood-prone Areas
October 6, 2009
…Safety and Property SEATTLE — Using new hydrologic models, optical remote sensing technology and data from the record-setting 2007 floods, Seattle Public Utilities scientists are re-mapping areas of the city…
Meet SPU’s Summer and Year-Long Interns for 2023
October 3, 2023
…working with data. Teagan Darmody: On Recycling, Composting, and Reducing Food Waste School: University of Washington Year & Major: Second year in master’s program, Environmental/Marine Policy Summer or year-long intern?…
Earth Month In Action: Creating Communities of Young People Empowered to Save Water
April 18, 2022
…water travels through different types of soil— hypothesis are made, trials are conducted, data is recorded, desks get a little muddy. By the end of the program all the desks…
From Tree Tops to Sewer Drains, SPU’s Amanda Bidwell is Working to Detect & Prevent Pollution
March 3, 2021
While in her Master’s program her research included climbing big leaf maples to collect canopy moss. Amanda Bidwell is a Data Scientist with the Source Control & Pollution Prevention Division, a team dedicated…
2021 Highlights – How SPU Delivered for our Customers and Community this Year
December 17, 2021
…few highlights from each of our four Strategic Business Plan focus areas: The stories behind the data: These highlights only tell part of the story. Behind the data, there are people:…
“Sharps” program collected 32,012 needles in first 15 months
October 24, 2017
…pilot program has only been in operation for 15 months, there is insufficient data at this point to say whether the large number of syringes collected correlates to an increase…
Calculate Your Footprint
April 7, 2011
…Try King County’s EcoConsumer Waste Calculator. Enter your personal or household data and select either King County or Washington State. Then click the “Calculate” button and watch what happens county…
New Solid Waste Facility Plan Accepted
July 18, 2011
…so-called Option C, SPU Director Ray Hoffman praised the group’s work. “The stakeholder group has done a superb job of studying the alternatives, asking for data, listening to each other,…
Win Mariners Tickets
June 4, 2013
…Text the correct environmental answer and you could win a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.0 with a year of unlimited data. Subscribers to our free Curbwaste & Conserve e-newsletter will be…