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Seattle, WA 98104-3855

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Cruise ship wastewater management report, August 2007  

CruiseShipCover_150In April 2007, the King County Council passed Motion No. 12498, which directed the Wastewater Treatment Division to work cooperatively with the Port of Seattle (external link) and other affected agencies to undertake a study of the potential for processing marine cruise industry-generated wastewater through the county's wastewater treatment system. The Council’s Motion directed that the following elements be included in the study:

  • Impacts to the environment that can be avoided through the diversion, of waste from cruise ships through the county's wastewater management system;
  • The capacity of the county's wastewater treatment system to receive and process the volumes of waste generated by the marine cruise ships which visit local port facilities, now and in the future;
  • A summary of piping, coupling and other mechanisms needed to channel waste from visiting cruise ships to the county's wastewater management system;
  • Any displaced future opportunity for wastewater processing capacity utilization by resident users of the wastewater management system;
  • Costs for waste diversion, and any appropriate financial arrangements to address costs;
  • Economic or other impacts to the cruise ship industry; and
  • A recommendation regarding any appropriate council action.

View Cruise Ship Wastewater Management Report, August 2007 (.PDF file, 648KB).