SEATTLE (AP) — King County has been fined $46,000 for failing to meet water quality limits at four treatment plants that discharge treated sewage and stormwater.
The Washington Department of Ecology cited the county for 46 violations from September 2009 through April 2010. It says crews also didn’t perform required sampling and monitoring.
The four plants operate during heavy rains and serve parts of Seattle that have a sewer system that carries both sewage and stormwater.
King County’s Christie True says the county has corrected many of the issues that led to the violations.
