May 20, 2026
12:00pm
Free to Join!
Meeting ID: 213 260 010 791 484
Passcode: sE63vM7r
This month’s Sustainability Committee Meeting takes a look at King County’s Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station.
The GWWTS was the first project awarded Envision Platinum in Washington State.
This presentation will demonstrate the sustainable features of the project, highlight how the project achieved Envision Platinum, and also describe lessons learned from implementation.
SPEAKERS:
Eric Schey, King County
Eric Schey works for King County Wastewater Treatment Division as a Senior Sustainability Engineer in their Resource Recovery unit. He received his BS in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University and has 20 years of experience with wastewater infrastructure as a mechanical and civil engineer. In his current role, Eric works with WTD operations staff on ways to reduce water and energy use in day-to-day operations and also coordinates with capital project teams to ensure the County’s various sustainability requirements are incorporated on individual projects. Prior to working at King County, Eric worked for several consulting firms where he led the design of large infrastructure projects including wastewater conveyance and lift station improvements.
Jesse Williams, Jacobs
Jesse is an experienced civil engineer with more than 24 years of engineering and permitting experience that includes leading design and permitting for stormwater and CSO retrofits, stormwater conveyance, stormwater flow control, treatment, infiltration facilities, underground utilities, roads, parks, and urban building sites.
Jesse is passionate about sustainable and community-centered design. He believes that a multidisciplinary, cooperative, and comprehensive approach is imperative for sustainable design, and enjoys collaborating with other team members to create sustainable solutions that cross the boundaries of various design disciplines and maximize community benefit. Jesse uses his practical mentality and field experience to take sustainable solutions from concepts to permittable, constructible, and biddable designs.