Alerts:
Seattle Public Utilities Contact Center hours, facility closures,
& weather impacts
- Seattle Public Utilities' Contact Center is open Monday - Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Call (206) 684-3000 for customer service.
- Rattlesnake Lake Recreation Area reopened June 11 with limited use and parking. Rattlesnake Ledge Trail (hiking) remains closed.
- The engineering records vault and walk-up window, both located at 700 5th Avenue, transfer station viewing rooms, the Cedar River Watershed Education Center in North Bend, and Development Services Office Walk-in Service Center also remain closed.
- The North and South Transfer Stations are open 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 7 days a week. To reduce the potential spread of COVID-19, please visit for essential trips only. (For complete details, visit our blog post.)
- Based on guidance from our public health partners, we've taken these precautions to help keep our staff and facility visitors healthy. Follow us on Twitter (@SeattleSPU) for the most up to date information.
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Amanda Bidwell is a Data Scientist with the Source Control & Pollution Prevention Division, a team dedicated to working to eliminate and respond to sources of pollution that could enter the drainage system [...]
2/22
At the start of the pandemic, one year ago, we had no idea what a huge impact it would have on our lives, our livelihoods, and our kids. While our normal work at the Cedar River Watershed Education Center (CRWEC) had us leading school field trips so [...]
2/18
“I think we’re a divided country right now – there is so much hatred and anger. But this is also the first time in my life that I think people are trying to have a genuine conversation about race and equality.” These words from Dee Reed, Division [...]
2/17
The City of Seattle has recently learned that a third-party utility billing vendor, Automatic Funds Transfer Services, Inc. (AFTS), which is used by a small number of City departments, was the victim of a ransomware attack. City [...]
2/15
Due to winter weather conditions, there will be no residential garbage, recycling or food/yard waste pickup in Seattle today, Monday, February 15, 2021. Weather and road conditions permitting, garbage, recycling, and food/yard waste service will [...]
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