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Seattle Water Department Water System Services Records, 1958-1996
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seattle (Wash.) Water Dept.
- Title
- Seattle Water Department Water System Services Records
- Dates
- 1958-1996 (inclusive)19581996
- Quantity
- 3 cubic feet, (8 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 8203-05
- Summary
- Records related to operations of the Seattle Water Department.
- Repository
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Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov - Access Restrictions
-
Records are open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
A public waterworks was created by City Charter amendment in 1875. However, Seattle was served primarily by small private water companies for the next decade-and-a-half. Following the Great Fire of 1889, citizens voted to fund creation of a municipally owned water system. The City purchased the private systems and began development of the Cedar River Watershed, and since 1891, has owned and operated a municipal water system. The system was administered by the Superintendent of Water under the auspices of the Board of Public Works. In 1905 the Department of Lighting and Water Works was created. Five years later, the Water Department became a separate entity. Most of the water used by the Seattle Water Department came from the Cedar River Watershed property, which also provided income for the department through the selling of logging rights. Several timber companies including Weyerhaeuser Company, Scott Paper Company and Pacific States Lumber Company, all had contracts with the Water Department. In the 1950s, Seattle voters chose to add fluoride to the city's water supply and charged the Water Department with the task of fluoridating. The election was a close one, however, and debate over the policy lasted into the '70s. In 1997 the Water Department was consolidated with the utilities of the Engineering Department to form Seattle Public Utilities.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Records of the Director of Water System Services and division staff, 1993-1996, as well as Director’s records from the predecessor Operations Division. Records consist of project files, subject files, meeting materials, correspondence, email and reports concerning the water delivery system and its maintenance, as well as customer assistance. Topics include the Cedar River pipeline and Tolt River dam and pipeline. Also included are Water Department internal communications and documents concerning Department policies and employee training.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Seattle Water Department Water System Services Records , Record Series 8203-05. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Operations files, 1958-1996Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Cedar River East Side Supply
Line |
1975-1978 |
1/2 | Cedar River Pipeline No.
1 |
1975-1978 |
1/3 | Cedar River Pipeline No. 2
(Incl. Photographs) |
1968-1976 |
1/4 | Cedar River Pipeline No.
3 |
1979 |
1/5 | Cedar River Pipeline No.
4 |
1974-1977 |
1/6 | Cedar River Pipeline Right of
Way |
1974-1978 |
1/7 | Lake Youngs Control
Works |
1975-1978 |
1/8 | Lake Youngs Control Works 42"
Waste Line |
1975 |
1/9 | Locating Reports |
1981-1990 |
1/10 | Mercer Island Pipeline (Incl.
Photographs) |
1975-1979 |
1/11 | Meter Programs |
1988-1989 |
1/12 | Meter Replacement
Programs |
1991-1992 |
1/13 | Meter Replacement
Programs |
1989-1991 |
2/1 | One-Call Subsurface
Warning |
1980-1988 |
2/2 | One-Call Subsurface
Warning |
1978-1979 |
2/3 | One-Call Subsurface Warning
System of King County Agreements |
1978-1988 |
2/4 | Operations Division Managers'
Meeting |
1983-1987 |
2/5 | Operations Division Managers'
Meeting |
1988-1993 |
2/6 | Operations Focus
Group |
1991 |
2/7 | Operations - Support
Services |
1990-1993 |
2/8 | Photographs - Westlake Mall,
Freeze, Others |
1988-1989 |
2/9 | Pilot Program - Super
Crews |
1995 |
2/10 | Pipeline
Construction |
1990-1993 |
3/1 | Plastic Pipe |
1993-1996 |
3/2 | Plate Lifting
Proposals |
1993 |
3/3 | Preventive Maintenance
Program |
1986-1991 |
3/4 | Productivity
Initiatives |
1991-1993 |
3/5 | Public Drinking
Fountains |
1994 |
3/6 | Pump Stations |
1993-1994 |
3/7 | Purveyor Meter Maintenance
Program |
1984-1985 |
3/8 | Purveyor Meters |
1982-1989 |
3/9 | Purveyor Meters |
1973-1982 |
3/10 | Purveyors
Information |
1995-1996 |
3/11 | Spaghetti Lines (Private
Water Lines) |
1993-1994 |
4/1 | Spaghetti Lines (Private
Water Lines) |
1993 |
4/2 | Spaghetti Lines (Private
Water Lines) |
1993 |
4/3 | Tolt Charts |
undated |
4/4 | Tolt River Dam |
1962-1969 |
4/5 | Tolt River Dam |
1974-1977 |
4/6 | Tolt River Dam |
1978-1979 |
4/7 | Tolt River Dam - City
Engineering Dept. |
1964-1973 |
4/8 | Tolt River Dam -
Clippings |
1976-1978 |
4/9 | Tolt River Dam -
Drawings |
1958-1963 |
4/10 | Tolt River Dam and Slide Area
Maps |
1961-1979 |
5/1 | Tolt River Dam
Photographs |
1978 |
5/2 | Tolt River Dam Photographs -
Construction, etc. |
1960-1966 |
5/3 | Tolt River Dam Photographs -
Spring Slide Area |
1978 |
5/4 | Tolt Pipeline No.
1 |
1974-1979 |
5/5 | Tolt Pipeline No.
1 |
1974-1976 |
5/6 | Tolt River
Project |
1995 |
5/7 | Tolt River Project -
Remlinger and Dolder Claim |
1963-1964 |
5/8 | Tolt Regulating
Basin |
1975-1978 |
5/9 | Tolt Regulating
Basin |
1993-1996 |
5/10 | Transmission Line
Maintenance |
1994 |
5/11 | Water Main
Replacement |
1993-1994 |
5/12 | Water Quality Lab |
1995 |
5/13 | Water Supply Plan |
1993-1995 |
5/14 | Watershed |
1993-1996 |
5/15 | Waterways 2000
Project |
1993 |
5/16 | Windstorm
1/20/1993 |
1994 |
6/1 | CIP, 1994 (Water
Dept.) |
1993-1994 |
6/2 | Noise Ordinance |
1982 |
6/3 | Non-Revenue Water |
1990-1991 |
6/4 | Partners In Public Education
(PIPE) |
1992 |
6/5 | Planning Issues |
1992 |
6/6 | Planning Unit |
1990 |
6/7 | Planning Unit |
1990-1991 |
6/8 | Policy Committee |
1993 |
6/9 | Responses To
inquiries |
1981-1986 |
6/10 | Risk Management |
1994-1995 |
6/11 | Ross Store
Flooding |
1996 |
6/12 | Safety Awards |
1993-1996 |
6/13 | Seattle Center |
1993 |
6/14 | Security |
1996 |
6/15 | Seniority Status |
1995 |
6/16 | Sexual Harassment |
1994-1995 |
6/17 | Skyway Water |
1996 |
6/18 | Spoil Hauling |
1991 |
6/19 | Standard Operating Procedure,
Environmentally Critical Areas |
1994 |
Administrative files, 1978-1996Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
7/1 | State Legislation
Evaluation |
1995 |
7/2 | Street Use Permits
(Citywide) |
1994-1995 |
7/3 | Supervisory Development
Program |
1994-1996 |
7/4 | Tacoma - Seattle
Interties |
1995 |
7/5 | Take Your Daughters To
Work |
1995-1996 |
7/6 | Telecommuting
Policy |
1995-1996 |
7/7 | Tippett Marine |
1995 |
7/8 | Training Activity
Report |
1993-1996 |
7/9 | Training Council |
1993-1995 |
7/10 | Training Council /
Budget |
1993-1996 |
7/11 | Training Plan |
1994-1996 |
7/12 | Tri-Caucus
Members |
1993 |
7/13 | Tuition Payment
Program |
1988 |
7/14 | Tukwila Takeover |
1993 |
7/15 | Tunnel Safety |
1992 |
7/16 | Underground Storage
Tanks |
1993-1996 |
7/17 | Unfunded State
Mandates |
1987-1996 |
7/18 | Utilities and Environmental
Management Calendar |
1996 |
7/19 | Utility Coordinating Council
of King County |
1978-1988 |
8/1 | Volunteer Standpipe
Climbers |
1995 |
8/2 | Warehouse Issues |
1994-1995 |
8/3 | Water Action for Safety and
Health (WASH) Board |
1994 |
8/4 | Water Pipe Worker |
1994-1996 |
8/5 | Water Stats, Water Utility
Database Water Utility Surveys |
1996 |
8/6 | Water System Services
Division Overview |
undated |
8/7 | Weston - Water
GIS |
1993-1994 |
8/8 | Woolworth
Building |
1993 |
8/9 | Workplace
Expectations |
1989-1995 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Cedar River (King County, Wash.)
- Municipal water supply--Washington--Seattle
- Tolt River Dam (Wash.)
- Tolt River, South Fork (Wash.)
- Water utilities--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Water-meters--Washington--Seattle
Corporate Names
- Seattle (Wash.) Water Dept.
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Drawings
- Maps
- Photographs