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Sewage plant in Seattle back to normal operations

By Associated Press
Published: April 27, 2017, 11:11am

SEATTLE — The state’s largest sewage treatment plant is back to normal operations after a February electrical failure resulted in flooding that damaged equipment.

King County announced Thursday that the West Point Treatment plant in Seattle is now fully treating dirty water that goes down toilets and washes off roofs and roads before discharging it into Puget Sound.

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