The King County Council on Tuesday approved legislation sponsored by Vice Chair Reagan Dunn that tasks King County with examining the system failures that led to the spilling of millions of gallons of untreated wastewater into Puget Sound and Lake Washington on January 13, 2021, and issuing a report offering a set of recommendations for preventing future wastewater spills.
And on Wednesday, the Councilâs Budget and Fiscal Management Committee also approved Executive Constantineâs budget request for $65 million in funding to upgrade the West Point Wastewater Treatment plant and prevent further bypasses of untreated wastewater, which will now be sent to the full King County Council. Dunn issued the following statement in response: