Annual financial and narrative report of department activities. Includes 1891, 1894-1968, 1975-1976, and 1978-1985.

Requisition ledger for blacksmith shop supplies. Arranged alphabetically by item requisitioned . Includes item, date, requisition number, amount, and supplier.

Ledger of supplies for Cedar River Watershed cook and bunkhouses. Includes type and amount of supplies, cost, date, and supplier.

Correspondence of the assistant City Engineer relating to improvements, construction, and extension of the Seattle water supply system.

Agreements between SWD and government and corporate entities relating to cooperative resource use, protection and miantenance in the watershed. Agreements cover logging, fire protection, and road maintenance, among other topics. Files include signed agreements, correspondence, memoranda, and meeting minutes and notes.

Over 300 maps dating from the 1890s to the 1970s depicting land acquisition of property in the City's Cedar River Watershed and pipelines.

Correspondence and notices of personnel actions to and from the Civil Service Department.

Correspondence to and from the City Attorney. Includes requests from City agencies for legal opinions and advice.

Newsletters and brochures published by the Water Department.

Departmental policies and procedures for response to emergencies affecting the City and the water system. Outlines general plan and specific responses to earthquakes, contamination, chemical spills, power failures, communication failures, civil and employee disturbances, landslides, floods, and nuclear disaster.

Contracts, support documents, and correspondence between the Water Department and federal government. Includes agreements relating to geodetic surveys, military use of the Seattle Waterfront, federal use of department lands, and extension of water services to government installations.

Debit and credit balance sheet showing payments for services, supplies, equipment, and facility construction and maintenance. Includes date, amount paid, and purpose. Arranged chronologically by fund and/or type of service. One volume dates from 1889 to 1892 and the other from 1911 to 1917.

Meter reading log books arranged by meter number noting name or address, date, and meter reading. Four volumes cover four years: 1889, 1900, 1906 and 1907. The 1889, 1900 and 1906 volumes provide the name or building name and often the address as well, along with the meter number. The 1907 volume gives only the address with the meter number and appears to be for District 2.

Information requests, contracts for supplies, orders for supplies, notices of appointment, and general correspondence relating to the City's water system.

Brief abstracts of ordinances relating to Water and Lighting Departments. Includes ordinance number, date and summary. Covers ordinances 487 to 22011.

Departmental payroll and general expenses. Payroll includes name, job title, pay rate, and amount paid. General expense categories include salaries, supplies, type of service, horses, and materials.

Record of water tap locations arranged alphabetically by street name. Includes house numbers (old and new); owner; type of occupancy; assessment based on size, occupants, water facilities, and livestock; and tap number and location.

Fire insurance maps of Seattle. Volumes 1-2 were drawn in 1893 and are corrected to 1903; volumes 3-4 were drawn in 1905 and corrected to 1915.

Newspaper and magazine clippings covering all aspects of Water Department activities. Arranged chronologically.

Records of the Seattle Department of Engineering consisting of correspondence between the Department and grantees of utility franchises. Also included are agreements, maps, drawings, and photographs.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and agreements relating to Seattle Water Department activities and projects.

Records of an office that promoted water conservation.

Photographic documentation of Seattle's creeks, including activities undertaken by the Water Department to test and improve water quality.

Newspaper clippings concerning the proposed introduction of fluoride into the Seattle water system.

Public documents and research notes that were gathered in the process of writing a history of the Seattle Water Department.