Seattle Public Utilities

Seattle Public Utilities
Agency overview
Formed1997
Preceding agency
  • Seattle Engineering and Water Departments
TypePublic utility
JurisdictionCity of Seattle and some outlying communities
HeadquartersMunicipal Tower, 700 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, United States
47°36′18.36″N 122°19′47.28″W / 47.6051000°N 122.3298000°W / 47.6051000; -122.3298000
Annual budget$809 million USD (2013)[1]
Agency executive
  • Andrew Lee, General Manager/CEO[2]
Websitehttps://www.seattle.gov/utilities
Water supply intake and wing dam under construction, 1900.
Pipe near Renton, Washington to bring Cedar River water to Seattle; this 1900 picture shows pipe newly laid.
Closeup view of a section of the wooden pipe that brought Cedar River water to Seattle from 1930 to 1991. Metal bands hold the pipe together. This section is now on display in Maple Valley, Washington.

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is a public utility agency of the city of Seattle, Washington, which provides water, sewer, drainage and garbage services for 1.3 million people in King County, Washington.[3] The agency was established in 1997, consolidating the city's Water Department with other city functions.[4]

  1. ^ Seattle City Budget Office. Seattle Public Utilities (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Director--Seattle Public Utilities". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  3. ^ Services, Seattle Public Utilities. Accessed online 6 December 2007.
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