A large sewer spill – estimated at 83,000 gallons – that went on for nearly 10 hours hit McSorley Creek and the beach at Saltwater State Park on Saturday, Jan. […]
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Saltwater State Park closed due to sewage spill discharge
Photo courtesy Friends of Saltwater State Park Seattle and King County Public Health on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019 issued a ‘no-contact advisory’ to water contact at Saltwater State Park. Heavy […]
Department of Ecology fines Midway Sewer District for 2020 raw sewage spill in Des Moines
The Washington Department of Ecology announced Wednesday, April 26, 2021 that it has issued a $21,000 fine to the Midway Sewer District in southwestern King County for allowing raw sewage […]
Overflow spills ~3,000 gallons of sewer into McSorley Creek near Saltwater State Park
From the Friends of Saltwater State ParK: The Midway Sewer District reported that there was a sanitary sewer overflow at 11th Avenue and 252nd Street in Des Moines on Tuesday, […]
Midway Sewer District spillage has closed Saltwater State Park again
The Midway Sewer District experienced a sewage pump station failure around Sept. 14, 2020, and untreated sewage flowed into the South Fork of McSorley Creek at the location of approximately […]