--- title: Sewage Treatment Center Advertises as Wedding Venue description: A sewage treatment plant near Seattle is advertising as a wedding venue. For a rental fee of $2,000 for eight hours, you get a full catering kitchen, audio and video equipment, dance floor, parking, and uncomfortable proximity to raw waste canonical: https://time.com/58352/to-have-and-to-hold-your-nose/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-10T21:14:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:42.582Z og:title: Sewage Treatment Center Advertises as Wedding Venue og:description: A sewage treatment plant near Seattle is advertising as a wedding venue. For a rental fee of $2,000 for eight hours, you get a full catering kitchen, audio and video equipment, dance floor, parking, and uncomfortable proximity to raw waste og:url: https://time.com/58352/to-have-and-to-hold-your-nose/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf3d6957370d65e9/69868a3413c79f2efc191907/56964787.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hands of bride and groom og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sewage Treatment Center Advertises as Wedding Venue twitter:description: A sewage treatment plant near Seattle is advertising as a wedding venue. For a rental fee of $2,000 for eight hours, you get a full catering kitchen, audio and video equipment, dance floor, parking, and uncomfortable proximity to raw waste twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf3d6957370d65e9/69868a3413c79f2efc191907/56964787.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # To Have And To Hold (Your Nose)  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 10, 2014 9:14 PM UTC  Hands of bride and groom Hands of bride and groomGetty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 10, 2014 9:14 PM UTC A sewage treatment plant near Seattle wants couples to [say “I do”](http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/sewage-treatment-plant-advertises-wedding-venue/nfW7K/) next to large volumes of human waste. The Bridgewater Wastewater Treatment Center is advertising itself as the perfect place to tie the knot on Facebook. It boasts a full catering kitchen, audio and video equipment, a dance floor and plenty of parking. The venue costs $2,000 to rent for eight hours, according to KIRO TV. True, the nuptials would take place just steps away from where raw sewage is being processed, according to Susan Tallarico, the director of the Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center. But one couple has already booked the site. \[[_KIRO TV_](http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/sewage-treatment-plant-advertises-wedding-venue/nfW7K/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/58352/to-have-and-to-hold-your-nose/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/58352/to-have-and-to-hold-your-nose/"},"headline":"To Have And To Hold (Your Nose)","datePublished":"2014-04-10T21:14:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:42.582Z","description":"A sewage treatment plant near Seattle is advertising as a wedding venue. 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