Week 8: February 23 - March 1
February 23, 1963
On this day, Metro diverted treated wastewater from Lake Washington through deep tunnels to discharge into Puget Sound. Sewage from Lake Washington communities received “secondary treatment” and was then piped to Puget Sound, which had a greater capacity to absorb the effluent than the lake.
Water quality in Lake Washington began to improve immediately.
February 24, 1933
On this day, State Representative (and future U.S. Senator) Warren G. Magnuson led the Washington House of Representatives in passing House Bill 263, which authorizes $10 million in emergency relief bonds for construction projects.
The purpose of the bill was to put unemployed Washingtonians back to work quickly, with the secondary goal that their tasks would benefit the state.
February 28, 1931
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