Community invited to Feb. 3 open house to learn about Mercer Island emergency sewer repair project

Community members seeking information about a sewer line repair project now under way near Luther Burbank Park are invited to an open house hosted by King County's Wastewater Treatment Division.

County staff will explain the need for the project and answer questions about what people might expect during construction, which is expected to last through March. Guided tours of the work site will also be available.

The open house is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at the Community Center at Mercer View, 8236 S.E. 24 th Street, Mercer Island.

Crews began the emergency project to replace the North Mercer Interceptor, a large pipe that carries wastewater to South Treatment Plant in Renton, after the 40-year-old sewer line was damaged by high flows and power surges during the Dec. 14 storm.

Additional information about the North Mercer Interceptor emergency project is available on the Web at: http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wtd/projects/mercer-island/interceptor.htm.

People can also call Monica Van der Vieren at 206-263-7301, or 711 TTY, to learn more about the meeting or to request reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities.

People enjoy clean water and a healthy environment because of King County's wastewater treatment program. The county's Wastewater Treatment Division treats an average of 200 million gallons of wastewater per day and protects public health and water quality by serving 17 cities, 17 local sewer utilities and more than 1.4 million residents in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. Formerly called Metro, the regional clean-water agency now operated by King County has been preventing water pollution for more than 40 years.

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