King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks' Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) has begun the next step of a process to ensure backup power at its West Point Treatment Plant in Magnolia near Seattle. This week trucks are delivering and crews are pouring more than 1,600 tons of concrete as the agency builds a structure to house a massive battery that will provide power reliability for the plant, preventing wastewater and stormwater from being discharged into Puget Sound during disruptive events. WTD says during power disruptions, equipment protects itself by shutting down to prevent long-term damage, which can cause untreated wastewater to go into Puget Sound. The battery will provide a backup in these scenarios. Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/backup-battery-west-point-treatment-plant/281-c7dbd49b-de59-4f57-ba56-432a7e8d0468