Reported odors not related to Brightwater testing and startup

Plant not yet treating wastewater; Puget Sound Clean Air Agency investigating

Odors reported by Snohomish County residents are unrelated to Brightwater testing and startup, according to King County’s clean-water utility.

County operations employees have responded to several complaints and referred calls to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, or PSCAA, which is investigating the source of the odors.

Brightwater, which is scheduled to begin operating this month, has not yet had wastewater in its process facilities.

People with questions or complaints should contact PSCAA’s Air Quality Hotline at 1-800-595-4341. More information about PSCAA is available at http://www.pscleanair.org/

King County has invested $65 million in odor control to ensure that Brightwater has the most stringent odor control standards in the nation. King County is maintaining its commitment of no odor past the property line, 100 percent of the time.

More information about Brightwater is available on the Web at http://www.kingcounty.gov/brightwater or by calling 206-263-9453.

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.

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