Heavy Rain — King, Washington

2017-02-09 · near Fremont, King, Washington

Event narrative

Heavy rain and storm runoff damaged the West Point sewage treatment plant in Seattle. King county dumped an estimated 235 million gallons of untreated wastewater - including 30 million gallons of raw sewage - into Puget Sound because of damage to the plant. The plant could not perform full wastewater treatment as required by the state permit until May 9th, as reported by the Seattle Times.

Wider weather episode

Heavy rainfall in the Puget Sound area lead to high storm runoff.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 689681. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.