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2014 Spring |

The Scoop on Poop: Wastewater Education in King County

Student(s):

Shane McLaughlin

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Susan Tallarico

Partner(s):

  • King County Wastewater Treatment Division

  • Brightwater Center

Faculty advisor(s):

Tim Billo, Program on the Environment, University of Washington

During my internship, I focused my efforts on contributing to, and determining the effectiveness of King County’s “Don’t Flush Trouble” campaign, a program aimed towards informing the public on proper uses of the wastewater system. In order to do this, I gave an informative presenta- tion on best wastewater usage practices to different groups around King County to aid in King County’s educational outreach efforts. In order to determine the effectiveness of the campaign presentations, I administered surveys to the groups presented to and used data analysis to find meaningful results.