My Everett News

A helicopter crash into a lake that feeds into the water supply for the City of Everett, Washington and most of Snohomish County is being closely monitored by water quality experts for the city. Here’s more. Everett Water Utility (Everett) was notified on Tuesday, Sept. 12, of an incident involving a private helicopter in the […]

On Friday the Everett Public Works department released additional information on tests of Everett water. Concerns were made across the Puget Sound area after high lead levels were found in Tacoma. Everett water has not shown elevated lead levels but Everett Public Works announced additional testing as a precaution. Here is their report… Everett Public […]

Last night the Everett City Council voted to join Tacoma and Spokane in a class action lawsuit against General Chemical Corporation and several other firms and individuals for fixing the price of “Alum” or liquid aluminum sulfate. The city will retain the law firm of Keller Rohrback, L.L.P. to represent its interests in the lawsuit. […]

The cities of Everett, Tacoma and Seattle today all announced plans to activate their water shortage response plans. For the City of Everett that means activation of Stage 1 of the city’s Drought Response Plan as a proactive measure. Everett’s water outlook is fair. Calculations show that Everett has adequate water to supply Snohomish County […]

Recently the City of Everett has received complaints of a strange smell and taste in its drinking water. The cause is apparently an algae bloom. Here’s the official explanation from Marla Carter at Everett Public Works… An algae bloom in Lake Chaplain Reservoir—the drinking water source for much of Snohomish County—has resulted in numerous reports […]

A heads up from the city of Everett and Snohomish PUD over work on a main water line… Snohomish County PUD will begin Maintenance work Sept. 25 on a water pipeline serving the Snohomish County PUD Jackson Hydroelectric Project and city of Everett water treatment plant. The pipeline is expected to be out of service […]

Starting in June of this year, the City of Everett will have public works crews begin installing more than 12,000 residential water  meters. Running from north to south, west to east across the city, homes without water meters and whose owners pay flat residential rates will receive new meters installed by City of Everett work crews. According to Dave Davis […]

The Everett City Council recently voted to issue up to 51 million dollars in bonds to pay for maintaining and extending Everett’s water and sewer system. I thought the presentation by the Public Works Department was enlightening as it showed that customers in Everett have traditionally paid less (in some cases much less) than their […]

The Everett City Council and Mayor Ray Stephanson expressed great surprise during their Wednesday night City Council meeting over Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon’s announcement of a water bottling plant coming to Everett later this year. Click the audio button above to hear Mayor Stephanson explain that it is not, in fact, a done deal. […]