Editing Seattle Public Utilities (section)

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|agency_name   = Seattle Public Utilities
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|logo_caption  = Seattle Public Utilities
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|formed        = 1997 
|preceding1    = Seattle Engineering and Water Departments
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|jurisdiction  = City of Seattle and some outlying communities
|headquarters  = [[Seattle Municipal Tower|Municipal Tower]], 700 Fifth Avenue, [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[United States]]
|coordinates   = {{coord|47|36|18.36|N|122|19|47.28|W|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline}}
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|budget        = $809 million [[United States dollar|USD]] (2013)<ref>{{cite report|author=Seattle City Budget Office|title=Seattle Public Utilities|url=http://www.seattle.gov/financedepartment/15AdoptedBudget/documents/SPU.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=4 September 2015}}</ref>
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|chief1_name     = Andrew Lee
|chief1_position = General Manager/CEO<ref>{{cite web|title=Director--Seattle Public Utilities|url=http://www.seattle.gov/util/AboutUs/Management/Director/index.htm|accessdate=24 January 2017}}</ref>
|agency_type   = [[Public utility]]
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|website       = https://www.seattle.gov/utilities
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[[Image:Seattle water supply intake and wing dam - 1900.jpg|thumb|Water supply intake and wing dam under construction, 1900.]]
[[Image:Completed section of Seattle water supply pipe near Renton - 1900.jpg|thumb|Pipe near [[Renton, Washington]] to bring [[Cedar River (Washington)|Cedar River]] water to Seattle; this 1900 picture shows pipe newly laid.]]
[[File:Cedar River wooden pipe detail 01.jpg|thumb|Closeup view of a section of the wooden pipe that brought Cedar River water to Seattle from 1930 to 1991. Metal bands hold the pipe together. This section is now on display in [[Maple Valley, Washington]].]]

'''Seattle Public Utilities (SPU)''' is a [[public utility]] agency of the city of [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], which provides [[water]], [[sanitary sewer|sewer]], [[drainage]] and [[waste|garbage]] services for 1.3 million people in [[King County, Washington]].<ref>[http://www.seattle.gov/util/services/ Services], Seattle Public Utilities. Accessed online 6 December 2007.</ref> The agency was established in 1997, consolidating the city's Water Department with other city functions.<ref name="Stein" />