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Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC) is the public health department in King County, Washington, United States. It is jointly managed by the City of Seattle and King County governments, [ 1 ] serving approximately 2.3 million residents.
At various locations, King County monitors and assesses the water quality at CSO outfall locations. Between 1979 and 2012 King County working with the City of Seattle has been able to decrease CSO by about 1.5 billion gallons. [24] The Integrated Plan Alternative is implemented by Seattle Public Utilities and expected to be completed by 2025. [25]
The South Treatment Plant is a wastewater treatment plant in Renton, Washington owned by King County. The plant opened in 1965, and treats over 90 million U.S. gallons (340 million liters) of wastewater per day. It treats sewage for 650,000 people in the cities of Renton, Auburn, Bellevue, Issaquah, Kent, and Sammamish. [1]
Economic Impacts of Climate Change (2007) in Washington State summarizes the impact of forest fires, public health, agriculture, municipal water supply, sea level rise and fisheries on the environment. These conclusions have been reached through several predictions, based primarily on temperature and precipitation models for climate change.
He was formerly the Chief of Epidemiology, Planning and Evaluation for Public Health – Seattle & King County. [3] He is the older brother of fellow public-health researcher Nancy Krieger. [4] He graduated from Harvard College, University of California, San Francisco, and the University of Washington.
The county government manages elections, records, licensing, parks, wastewater treatment, and public health, among other duties. It also handles the criminal legal and incarceration system for all cities and unincorporated areas within King County. It has a sheriff's department that also provides basic policing to unincorporated areas. [74]
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