Water

Soundside

Why is there a reservoir in Volunteer Park?

If you've ever taken a walk around Volunteer Park, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle -- you know that smack dab in the middle of this bustling public space is a pool of water. It's surrounded by a chain-link fence, with a walking path looping around the perimeter, and signs saying 'do not feed the birds'. It's not just a reflecting pool or a lake. It’s a reservoir.

Seattle Now

Living on the Puget Sound

Many people in Seattle are looking to find affordable housing and some are getting creative with their search. Soundside’s Alec Cowan spoke with Ian and Becky Thompson about the challenges of living on a boat around Puget Sound.

KUOW Newsroom

The forest that gives Seattle its water: Travel For Good

A sprawling forest near the city of North Bend hides the largest source of Seattle's water supply.

KUOW Newsroom

The restored Elwha River, 'hidden gem' of the Olympic Peninsula: Travel For Good

At the north end of the Olympic Peninsula, trucks carrying massive trees rumble through the town of Port Angeles. Humans here have dramatically altered the old-growth forests that ring the snowy peaks of the mountains nearby. But residents are working to preserve what they can of this wilderness.

KUOW Newsroom

Covid sewage data kept under wraps despite possible public health benefits

Looking for Covid in wastewater can serve as an early warning system for outbreaks -- at least in theory.

These scientists are fighting the pandemic with sewage

Cutting-edge biomedical research sometimes begins by prying a heavy steel lid off a sewer hole.