For more information about Resource Recovery, please send us an email message or contact us at:
King County Wastewater Treatment Division Resource Recovery 201 S. Jackson Street Mail Stop: KSC-NR-0512 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: 206-684-1247 Fax: 206-684-2057
King County creates resources
from wastewater…every day!
If you live in an area served by King County's wastewater treatment services, every time you run the laundry, wash dishes or flush, we ensure your water is cleaned in a way that protects public health and the environment. King County residents produce 175 million gallons of wastewater each day - roughly, equivalent to 260 Olympic-sized swimming pools! Per year, the combined total is almost 1/4 of the volume of Lake Washington. Explore our Resource Recovery website to discover the many ways we are reusing and recovering resources.
We're getting resourceful
with our resources.
As a clean water utility we embrace high water quality and air quality goals - but we recognize our daily business is energy-intensive. To meet the ongoing environmental challenges we regularly study and pilot-test new technologies showing promise. Learn more about innovations in energy use currently being considered by our Technology Assessment team.
Energy so nice
we want to use it twice
You might not realize it, but wastewater treatment is really an enormous recycling operation. King County is proud to be a leader in the wastewater industry in terms of renewable energy production, such such as scrubbing digester gas and selling it back to a local gas utility. Being smart about energy is just good business. Learn more about the many ways in which we are recovering and reusing energy.
Gas scrubbing?....who knew!
Gas scrubbing ‘washes’ the digester gas using reclaimed water from the treatment plant. This process removes contaminants and carbon dioxide. At our South Plant in Renton, the washing of the gas happens in a tower full of specially designed packing material that optimizes the removal of all the unwanted components of the digester gas. Scrubbed gas can fuel engines that generate electricity or can be sold directly to the local gas utility. Learn more about this and other amazing methods for ensuring our water and air remains clean and safe.
Energy Recovery - creating resources from wastewater
King County is committed to recovering and reusing the products of wastewater treatment at our four regional clean-water facilities: West Point Plant in Seattle, South Treatment Plant in Renton, Carnation Treatment Facility in Carnation, Washington, and our newest facility, Brightwater in Woodinville.
