New Regional Airport Goal Quietly
Abandoned By Regional Planning Agency
At a workshop held by Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) on October 22, it was learned that staff at the planning agency have quietly abandoned the agency's pledge to work for a second regional airport, to take strain off Sea-Tac Airport. more...

Torrential Storm Highlights Flooding
Risks for Sea-Tac Communities
During the heavy rain on October 20, areas downstream from Sea-Tac Airport got a taste of possible conditions after third-runway construction - if there is inadequate stormwater mitigation. more...

Sierra Club Blasts Governor
About Dirty Fill Bill
On October 22, the Sierra Club released a special report, Locke's Legacy: Water Crisis, in which the environmental group vigorously criticized the environmental record of outgoing Governor Gary Locke. more...

July Hearing Dates Set in Appeal of NPDES Permit for Sea-Tac Airport
The Pollution Control Hearings Board has set aside two weeks in July 2004 for hearing three appeals challenging the water-pollution permit ('NPDES permit') recently issued in a renewed form to Sea-Tac Airport by the Department of Ecology. more...

Supreme Court To Hear Appeal of State
Wetlands Certificate on 18 November
Attorneys for the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC), Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE), Port of Seattle, & Department of Ecology will appear before the nine members of the Supreme Court in the Temple of Justice, Olympia, on November 18, for oral argument on the State’s water-quality certificate for third-runway work. more...

Regional Commission on Airport Affairs
Names Officers for Coming Year
Larry Corvari, Normandy Park resident, has been elected to another term as President of the Regional Commission on Airport Affairs. more...

Legislative Committee To Tour Airport, Hear Presentation on Importance of Sea-Tac Airport to State’s Economy
Lt-Gov. Brad Owen and a select legislative committee on economic development and international relations will take a private tour of Sea-Tac Airport on Tuesday November 4. more...

Photo Archives Added to RCAA Website
We have added a new “page” to this site, our Photo Archives. Month by month, we will be adding interesting photos from our files to this Archives, & we will feature one of those as the Photo of the Month.

The October 2003 Photo of the Month shows Lake Reba from the air, taken in September 2003. Reba is located at the north end of Sea-Tac Airport. The lake, which is managed by the Port of Seattle, receives polluted water from Sea-Tac Airport from four outfalls. The photo shows the worst conditions ever observed at this location - serious pollution & an unexplained algae bloom (usually the result of greatly excessive amounts of particular pollutants). Contaminated water from Lake Reba flows into Miller Creek, & thence into Puget Sound.

To locate the lake more precisely, view our map of Airport-area water resources.

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