Just got an update from Annie Kolb-Nelson at King County Wastewater Treatment Division, who we talked with following the news release they sent around yesterday afternoon about pump-station problems following a tidal surge: She says environmental-lab team members have verified NO sewage went into the water at Murray (Lowman; county file photo at left): “Our water quality samples confirm extremely low levels of fecal coliform in the water off both Lowman Beach and Lincoln Park, indicating no sewage went into the environment, so we’re very happy about that.” When we published their news release yesterday, we mentioned a large dark patch in the water reported to us by a resident uphill and east from Morgan Junction; Kolb-Nelson says the high tides led to “a tremendous number of logs and debris in Puget Sound,” reported firsthand by a boat that had to maneuver through them, and that’s what the resident likely saw.
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