Seattle Public Utilities Director's Records
Scope and Contents note
Records from the Seattle Public Utilities Director's Office, covering topics including water supply, wastewater treatment (including the Brightwater project), urban creek management, solid waste, and conservation. The series includes speeches, presentations, biographies and photographs of Diana Gale, the first Director of Seattle Public Utilities, including speeches on solid waste management she gave as Director of the Solid Waste Utility, 1989-1992. Also included are records of Communications and Strategic Policy staff and SPU Asset Management Committee files.
Dates
- Creation: 1988-2008
Creator
- Seattle Public Utilities (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) was created in 1997 when the water, solid waste, drainage, and wastewater utilities from the Engineering and Water departments were merged with the Engineering Services Division of the Engineering Department and the Customer Service Call Center and Construction Engineering Sections of City Light. SPU provides water to over 1.25 million customers in the Puget Sound region. Other services to the public include sewer, drainage, and solid waste (garbage and recycling). SPU also provides engineering and survey services to city departments. The department's outreach and education programs aim to reduce water consumption and increase recycling and composting.
Full Extent
3.2 Cubic Feet (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records from the Seattle Public Utilities Director's Office.
Subject
- Seattle Public Utilities (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Drainage and Wastewater Utility (Organization)
- Gale, Diana (Person)
Geographic
Topical
- Pacific salmon -- Washington (State)
- Refuse and refuse disposal -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Sewage disposal -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Urban watersheds -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Water conservation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Water resources development -- Washington
- Water utilities -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Water-supply -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Title
- Guide to the Seattle Public Utilities Director's Records 1988-2007
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Janet Ness
- Date
- © 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- EAD Location
- http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv24929
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository