Public Works provides the following services to the Tribal government as well as to individual Tribal members:

• MIT Solid Waste / Transfer Station
• Firewood
• MIT Water Utility District 
• MIT Sanitary Sewer and Storm Utility District
• MIT Engineering

Locations

Front Desk / Work Orders Email: pw.workorders@muckleshoot.nsn.us
Please include name, enrollment number, address, and phone number for work order information.

Public Works Operation
‍40228 Auburn Enumclaw Rd SE
Auburn, WA 98092
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Solid Waste Transfer Station
17613 SE 400th St
Auburn, WA 98092
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Administration & Water Treatment Plant
39620 176th Ln SE
Auburn, WA 98092
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Solid Waste

• Curb side garbage and recycle pickup for all Tribal members’ homes within the MIT Utility District Service Area.
• Provide solid waste and recycling services to all Tribal government building including Casino, Smoke Shop and Bingo Hall.
• 252 garbage cans picked up weekly 
• 356 recycle cans picked up weekly
• 34 government buildings picked up weekly
• Casino compactor’s X-2 picked up and emptied weekly and 40-yard dumpster emptied every week 
• Big Nation Station compactor emptied every week
• Bingo Hall compactor emptied every week 
• 40-yard dumpster in the yard scrap metal brought in every 2 weeks 0.74 tons 
• 14-yard dumpster full of electronics, TVs, refrigerators, microwaves brought in every 2 weeks 
• 24-dumpsters delivered and picked up weekly for tribal member homes 

Firewood

• Provide all Tribal members home with firewood collected from the Tribal Forest Lands, City Water Sheds and National Forest Land. Logs are processed at Public Works yard.
• Deliver processed firewood to all Tribal homes within the 30-miles radius of Tribal chimney. Firewood is stacked and stored.
• Wood brought down from the hills 390 self-loader loads
• Number of cords processed 900
• Number of cords delivered 800

Muckleshoot Utility District - Water

• Operate and maintain the Tribally owned and operated drinking water wells, MIT Water Treatment Plant, and maintain miles of distribution water lines throughout the reservation.
• Water main annual flushing, including the exercising of all valves, and hydrants from the water tower working outwards to 416th, down to 368th 
• Routine maintenance and repair of the MIT water system, both daily and emergency
• Fire hydrant maintenance- cleaning, repairing, and repainting
• Testing and repair of backflow prevention devices on the MIT water system
• Utility Locates- for private contractors as well as ongoing projects by MIT

Muckleshoot Utility District - Sanitary Sewer and Storm

• Operate and maintain the MIT owned sewage collection system that is transferred to the King County Metro Waste Water Treatment Plant in Renton.
• MIT sewer main flushing.
• MIT sewer lift station maintenance-including pump repair and replacement
• Complete, track, and invoice incoming King County capacity charge forms and requests
• Inventory of MIT government and residential water, and sewer hookups for quarterly reports-including monthly water meter readings
• MIT storm structure cleaning on need basis
• Provide Utility Locate Service for private contractors as well as ongoing projects by MIT

Engineering

• Provide engineering design review for Tribal infrastructure projects, new developments, and new residential construction
• Provide material review, inspection and QA/QC for Tribal infrastructure projects, new developments, and new residential construction
• Continual work on the new water Well #5 – Hydrogeological Feasibility Report completed in 2022
• Worked with the Tribal Grant Team and Planning Department to submit NOFO and Congressional Grants for Well #5 construction and future WTP capacity expansion 
• Ensure that water system sampling and reporting met all EPA requirements
• Conducted repairs of the chlorine generation system at the WTP 
• Conducted repairs of the piping for the filtration unit at the WTP   
• Installed floor sensing equipment at the WTP for flood prevention
• Conducted repairs at the main well #4 and purchased new well equipment to increase future reliability
• Collaborate with IHS on the Scatter Site Program to provide services to Tribal Members
• Calculate budged items and procure contracts for vital services 

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