King County’s clean-water utility hosts Brightwater Center open house, Oct. 15

Family-friendly event features educational exhibits, treatment plant tours

People are invited to an open house at the Brightwater Center on Saturday to learn about the features of this new clean-water learning space through treatment plant tours and education exhibits.

Brightwater Center Open House
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
22509 State Route 9 S.E.
Woodinville

The event is free to the public and children accompanied by an adult are welcome. Education center exhibit hall displays are interactive and engaging for people of all ages. People are also invited to explore and enjoy 70 acres of open space, trails and restored habitat now open daily from dawn to dusk.

Tours of the Brightwater Treatment Plant will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis at 10 a.m. and noon. Because the plant is an industrial facility, closed-toe shoes are required and children must be at least 9 years old to take the tour.

King County’s clean-water utility built the Brightwater Center as part of the Brightwater Treatment Plant project to further education about the importance of wastewater treatment in protecting public health and the environment.

For additional information about Brightwater Center or to request reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities at the Oct. 15 open house, please contact Susan Tallarico at 206-255-8663, 711 TTY Relay, or susan.tallarico@kingcounty.gov.

People can also learn more about Brightwater Center on the web at http://www.kingcounty.gov/brightwatercenter.

Note to editors and reporters: Visit the WTD Newsroom, a portal to information for the news media about the Wastewater Treatment Division, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks: http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wtd/Newsroom.aspx.

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People enjoy clean water and a healthy environment because of King County's wastewater treatment program. The county’s Wastewater Treatment Division protects public health, the environment and the economy by serving 17 cities, 17 local sewer districts and more than 1.5 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 nearly 50 years.

Related Information

Brightwater Center

King County Wastewater Treatment Division