DNRP news releases archives

Approximately 25 miles of the BNSF Eastside rail corridor will be put in public ownership in perpetuity under a $26 million funding proposal transmitted today by King County Executive Kurt Triplett to the King County Council for approval.  Learn more...

North Bend neighborhoods will receive much-needed flood mitigation funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) this winter. The federal funds will be used to elevate or buy out homes in high-risk flood areas to prevent future loss and damage.   Learn more...

Continued rainfall across eastern King County has brought the Tolt River into a Phase II flood alert level Tuesday morning, with minor flooding expected in the watershed.  Learn more...

King County closed its Flood Warning Center at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday following a brief period of high flows along the Snoqualmie and Tolt rivers.  Learn more...

The King County Flood Warning Center opened early Tuesday morning, Nov. 17, to monitor rising flows on the Snoqualmie River because of persistent rainfall in the area.  Learn more...

Some of the best, fertile Sammamish Valley farmland will once again produce fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs under permanent protection, while new soccer fields needed for thousands of young players will be built nearby under an agreement announced today by King County Executive Kurt Triplett.  Learn more...

King County residents and business owners have a new tool available to them this fall that can help them stay safer during flood season: A new, automated flood alert system is now available and provides real-time messages by phone, text or e-mail warning of potential high water on more than a half-dozen rivers.  Learn more...

County offers free treatment plant tours, Nov. 19 Potty humor might get laughs, but inadequate sanitation is a serious matter to the 2.5 billion people who lack access to proper toilets and safe sewage treatment.   Learn more...

Flood season has arrived across the Puget Sound region, and the minor flooding that has already occurred in both urban and rural areas are a strong reminder that flooding can affect communities with little or no notice.  Learn more...

The American Water Resource Association is bringing its knowledge and expertise to Seattle with its National Water Resources Conference, Nov. 9-12. This region’s ongoing work to restore Puget Sound and its response to the heightened flood threat in the Green River Valley are among the featured discussions.  Learn more...

With the simple click of a mouse, floodplain residents across King County can now learn where and when they can find sandbags to help them protect their home and property from serious flooding.  Learn more...

In preparation for potential high water because of reduced flood-storage capacity at an upstream dam, farmers and other residents of the middle Green River Valley are invited to make and take home free sandbags – and free advice on how to use them – on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at Flaming Geyser State Park near Auburn.  Learn more...

Following intense rainfall across much of eastern King County, the King County Flood Warning Center opened at 8:30 a.m. Monday to monitor rising flows on the Snoqualmie and Tolt rivers.   Learn more...

A long-term research partnership has been formed to get to the bottom of Quartermaster Harbor’s troubling low dissolved oxygen levels.  Learn more...

An agreement to sell electricity to Seattle City Light (SCL) from a soon-to-come King County waste-to-energy cogeneration system is a win-win collaboration.  Learn more...

The King County Flood Warning Center was closed at 7 p.m. Monday evening following a full day of monitoring minor flood conditions on the Snoqualmie and Tolt rivers.  Learn more...

Following intense rainfall across much of eastern King County, the King County Flood Warning Center opened at 8:30 a.m. Monday to monitor rising flows on the Snoqualmie and Tolt rivers.   Learn more...

The King County Flood Warning Center opened late Friday night to monitor what is expected to be brief and minor flooding along the Tolt River.  Learn more...

Sewer utility employees responded quickly to a sewage overflow discovered about 2:30 p.m. near the Interurban Pump Station in Tukwila.  Learn more...

To protect public health and safety in the event of major flooding related to Howard Hanson Dam, King County employees will install and test flood walls this Thursday, Oct. 22 at 12:30 pm. at the South Treatment Plant in Renton.   Learn more...

A 15-year battle to eradicate an invasive exotic water plant in two King County lakes may have been won. King County and state environmental managers are happy to report that extensive surveys of Pipe and Lucerne lakes this year turned up no sign of hydrilla.  Learn more...

Sewer utility employees quickly stopped a wastewater overflow discovered Sunday morning at a temporary pump station in Bellevue.  Learn more...