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Greetings, here are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots. A reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government. For the last couple of weeks I’ve been highlighting the bad SARS-CoV2 concentration numbers from the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant, which finally improved in last week's reporting. This week, they're headed back up. The last seven day running average calculation was done on 9/15. WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth@universeodon.com

This is an excellent Vox article on I-638, the Brian Heywood initiative that would force all #washingtonstate girls who want to play school sports to submit to physical genitalia exams, or get genetic or hormonal testing done, all at to_be_determined’s expense. #seattle #kingcounty https://www.vox.com/politics/501579/transgender-washington-midterms-ballot-measure-girls-sports-athlete

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots. A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government. Last week I highlighted really terrible SARS-CoV2 concentration numbers from the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average for 8/25, but said, maybe this is a crazy outlier, let's see next week's numbers. Well, they're in, and the updated numbers are quite, quite bad. These calculations of the 7DRA were done on 8/30 and 9/1, and they are by far the worst numbers we've seen in a year (which is as far back as the dataset goes). :( :( :( WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth@universeodon.com

VOTE! Voter Turnout Lags as Washington's Primary Election Enters Home Stretch https://www.theurbanist.org/voter-turnout-lags-as-washingtons-primary-election-enters-home-stretch/ #Seattle #elections #election #kingcounty #kingcountymetro

#Seattle #election #vote #kingcounty for anyone doing last minute coloring inside the lines, The Urbanist has their own endorsement guide, in case you wanted an alternative to the election control board https://www.theurbanist.org/2026-primary-election-endorsements/ (and one that didn't make the edit into the guide): https://www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-vote-gabe-rothstein-for-seattle-municipal-court/ and if you like to see where everyone agrees, here's a Stranger vs Times comparison from The Cascadia Advocate / NPI https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2026/07/the-seattle-times-versus-the-stranger-how-their-2026-mlkc-area-endorsements-compare.html

Attention fellow residents of King County: we have an Air Quality alert up, we have wildfire smoke coming in off all the wildfires east of us. Please prep accordingly, _especially_ if you have breathing/asthma issues! EDITING TO ADD: The alert ALSO incluces Snohomish, Pierce, and Thurston counties, so residents of those counties, please also plan appropriately! https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=WAZ314&warncounty=WAC033&firewxzone=WAZ657&local_place1=Lake%20Forest%20Park%20WA&product1=Air+Quality+Alert&lat=47.762&lon=-122.27 #wawx #Seattle #KingCounty #AirQuality

Hello, it’s the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots. A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government. The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7-Day running average of the Sars-CoV-2 levels went down a bit and then went up a bit. The last data are from 7/21. WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth@universeodon.com

Time to remind all #Seattle and #KingCounty book lovers that the two library systems have a reciprocity agreement and you can check out books from *both* libraries if you live in either service area! In addition, both SPL and KCLS have reciprocity agreements with other regional libraries, including Sno-Isle, Tacoma, and many more. https://www.spl.org/using-the-library/get-started/get-started-in-english/en-get-started-with-a-library-card/en-library-card-application/reciprocal-agreements https://kcls.org/interlocal-agreements/ If you are in WA but outside of the Seattle Library's area, they also offer a 1-year paid membership. #libraries

Though the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater sampling has apparently resumed this week, there's a note up on the dashboard saying that the reporting won't start until July 22nd. That's about six weeks of no wastewater data on respiratory pathogens for the entire state, welp. I'm very disappointed. DoH's site: https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots. A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government. So, ugh, this is not good: all of the Washington State wastewater data are not being updated. The note isn't making any promises about when the reporting will resume. Since Seattle has about eighteen kajillion people coming here for the World Cup, it would be really great to have wastewater reporting up and running. 😬 You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth@universeodon.com

Seattle and King County officials announced Wednesday they intend to downsize the scope and responsibilities of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority. The five-year-old agency has faced heavy scrutiny following a damning financial audit. Officials said the agency’s response has been “insufficient” to correct the recent findings of mismanagement. https://www.kuow.org/stories/after-damning-audit-officials-yank-most-funding-from-king-county-regional-homelessness-authority #KUOW #News #Government #Homeless #KingCounty #Seattle

@peterdrake@mstdn.social didn't know about that. I usually just suffered in my area but King County also has a reporting form that I'll be sure to use. We've been getting a lot of them for at least the last week presumably because of the sportsball. #seattle #kingcounty https://kingcounty.gov/depts/local-services/permits/building-fire-energy-codes.aspx

RE: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/116439578758676045 Boost for more tags. SAMMMAMISH RIVER TRAIL CLOSURES HEADS UP #SammamishRiver #woodinville #bothell #BikeTooter #Construction #KingCounty #parks #SnohomishCounty #detour

wow that was four _big_ power hits right there starting to wonder if we should just go ahead and move the server rack to buffer power _now_ #wawx #seattle #KingCounty

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots. A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government. Good news: it looks like the data collection and posting cadence is back on track. The DoH even backfilled the missing data. The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average of its detected Sars-CoV-2 is up a bit. The last calculation was made on 1/6. WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth@universeodon.com