Hydrilla considered eradicated in two King County lakes after lengthy battle 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.
County clean-water facilities get good marks from neighbors King County’s wastewater treatment plants are good neighbors that pose few if any noticeable impacts to the surrounding community, according to the results of the 2009 Near Neighbor Survey.
Power outage causes sewer overflow in West Seattle A power failure in West Seattle last night knocked out electricity at King County’s Murray Avenue Pump Station, causing a sewage overflow near Lowman Beach Park.