The reservoir stores about 30% of the drinking ... the old system and commission Carnation’s new state-of-the-art Tolt Dam Warning system as soon as possible,” the public utility agency ...

Either outcome is a negative outcome.” Seattle Public Utilities controls the Tolt Dam. The reservoir provides drinking water to 500,000 people in Seattle and its surrounding areas but not Carnation.

The Tolt Dam is 16 miles upriver of Carnation. If it fails, people must get out quickly, as the town could be under 30 feet of water in 90 minutes. The reservoir behind Tolt Dam supplies 30% of ...

The Tolt River Dam holds back nearly 58 thousand acre-feet ... planning legal action—some going as far as calling for the reservoir to be drained. The system provides as much as 40% of the ...

FALSE ALARMS AT TOLT DAM: Leaders of the City of Carnation ... Seattle Public Utilities (SPU)controls the dam. The reservoir provides drinking water to around 500,000 people in Seattle and its ...

But that could all change. Sixteen miles upstream of Carnation sits the Tolt River Dam, built by the city of Seattle in the early 1960s to serve its growing water needs. Today, the dam provides ...