The City of Des Moines’ draft Stormwater Management Program Plan prepared to meet Western Washington Phase II Municipal Stormwater Permit requirements. The plan outlines 12 sections covering SWMP management, public education, illicit discharge detection, construction site controls, and monitoring to reduce pollutant discharge from the city’s storm sewer system.
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2026 DRAFT Stormwater Management Program (SWMP) Plan
The City of Des Moines’ draft Stormwater Management Program Plan prepared to meet Western Washington Phase II Municipal Stormwater Permit requirements. The plan outlines 12 sections covering SWMP management, public education, illicit discharge detection, construction site controls, and monitoring to reduce pollutant discharge from the city’s storm sewer system.
Salmon in Des Moines Creek
Underwater photograph showing a salmon swimming in Des Moines Creek. The image captures the fish in its natural habitat with vegetation visible above the waterline.
240th and 16th-20th Ave NOTICE OF UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
Notice from the City of Des Moines regarding the Barnes Creek Trail South 240th Street roadway improvement project. Construction will begin in late January 2026, with road closures limiting South 240th St. to local traffic only from mid-February to early August 2026.
NOTICE OF UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
Notice from the City of Des Moines regarding the Barnes Creek Trail South 240th Street roadway improvement project. Construction will begin in late January 2026, with road closures limiting South 240th St. to local traffic only from mid-February to early August 2026.
Notice of Upcoming Construction Activities – Barnes Creek Trail South 240th St Roadway Improvements
Official notice from the City of Des Moines regarding construction activities for the Barnes Creek Trail South 240th Street roadway improvement project. The project includes water main installation, utility line conversion, new sidewalks, retaining walls, and other infrastructure improvements, with road closures from Mid-February to Early August 2026.
Notice of Upcoming Construction Activities – Barnes Creek Trail South 240th St Roadway Improvements
Official notice from the City of Des Moines regarding construction activities for the Barnes Creek Trail South 240th Street roadway improvement project. The project includes water main installation, utility line conversion, new sidewalks, retaining walls, and other infrastructure improvements, with road closures from Mid-February to Early August 2026.
As WA’s coal ban looms, Montana wind fills only some of the energy gap
Kyle Sullivan, now the plant manager at the Beaver Creek wind farm in Stillwater County, Mont., stands within the base of a wind turbine last summer. The 248-megawatt project, owned by Puget Sound Energy, came online in August and cost the utility $530 million. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times) Kyle Sullivan, now the plant
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The state Department of Transportation may demolish the Olympic Inn & Suites in Port Angeles to replace a culvert, in its program to save salmon. But White Creek has 10 other barriers upstream. “It’s the classic poster child of what we shouldn’t do,” said Rep. Steve Tharinger, D-Port Townsend. (Nick Wagner / The Seattle Times)
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