MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: February 15, 2021
File photo courtesy City of Edmonds
As the weather starts to warm, the snow will begin to melt and need a place to drain.
With rain in the forecast, Edmonds residents can help the city by finding drains on their street and clearing them of ice, leaves and other debris that will get in the way. If you can’t find a drain, use a broom handle to poke down in the snow to try and locate it. A shovel and rake may come in handy to help reduce flooding in neighborhoods
For additional flooding concerns, or if you are not able to safely clear a storm drain, call Edmonds Public Works at 425-771-0235. Crews respond 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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The Washington State Department of Ecology is asking for public review and comment on a draft permit aimed at better controlling nutrients that wastewater treatment plants including the City of Edmonds plant discharge directly into Puget Sound. Virtual information sessions are also scheduled this Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 9-10. (More details below.)
The Puget Sound Nutrient General Permit applies to nearly 60 treatment plants that discharge directly to Puget Sound and its estuaries. All of the facilities already have individual National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water quality permits that include a wide range of requirements to protect water quality. However, only a few of these NPDES permits currently require nutrient controls. The new general permit will focus only on controlling nutrients and work in conjunction with the broader individual permits for each facility, the Ecology Department says.
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Mike DeLilla, left, answers questions during a 2018 open house for the Dayton Street Utilities Improvement Project. (File photo by Larry Vogel)
Senior Utilities Engineer Michelle (Mike) DeLilla has been selected as the City of Edmonds Employee of the Year.
“Mike has provided both the leadership and the execution behind our water, sewer, and storm pipe replacement and rehabilitation programs for 10 years now,” said City of Edmonds Public Works and Utilities Director Phil Williams. “He has done this through his own hard work, his engineering talent and experience, by developing great relationships internally and externally, and by being a dependable teammate. It is easy to see how much he enjoys his work, and that can be very contagious to his co-workers.”
I don’t know that it would be worth spending that much money on a pump system. Best to cut losses and rebuild is most likely. Certainly if it comes to a 3-4 foot rise, than downtown Tacoma and the Port of Seattle will be in much worse shape and will likely take the majority of State funding to remediate. Nationally, huge parts of the Gulf Coast and coastal cities in Florida will be under water with many tens of trillions of losses in property and destroyed homes. It is unlikely that the situation in Edmonds would be able to secure enough money in that situation to save Harbor Square, the marina, and Brackets landing compared to the much larger losses elsewhere.