King County Council Vice Chair Reagan Dunn on Wednesday introduced legislation to take a close and thorough look at 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 issue a report offering a set of recommendations for preventing future wastewater spills.
“King County needs to take the necessary steps to keep wastewater out of our waterways and off our beaches. It is not acceptable to have an event of this magnitude, and we must put a plan in place to prevent future spillage,” Dunn said. “The Puget Sound is one of the Pacific Northwest’s most valuable natural resources, and we owe it to our children, to not only be good stewards, but continue our decades long restoration effort.”
With lots of news packed into the VOICE of the Valley during 2016, those making it to the Front Page are as follows:
JANUARY – Tahoma School District (TSD) Boundary Review Committee tackles a major overhaul of the District’s school boundary alignments in order to balance out student population with schools.
Tahoma High School’s
We the People once again earned first place in Washington State competition.
Maple Valley Fire & Life Safety Board voted to support the Fire Benefit Charge instead of the current Levy/Bond system. Next step was to pass it to the Steering Committee who would decide when to place the issue before the people for a vote.