Seattle Operators Back on Track After Flooding Disaster

In only 30 minutes, about a mile of tunnels full of vital equipment were flooded at West Point Treatment Plant in Seattle
Seattle Operators Back on Track After Flooding Disaster
Restoration at West Point Treatment Plant is ongoing. While most of the cleaning is complete, some deep areas and surfaces still being cleaned. —Photos Courtesy of King County

Thirty minutes — that’s all it took for an unprecedented flooding event to almost incapacitate a major Seattle-area wastewater treatment plant and leave operators picking up the pieces for weeks afterward.

On Feb. 9, the West Point Treatment Plant in King County, Washington,...

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