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1 Seattle Department of Transportation Winona Ave. N. Seattle Roadside bioretention Initiated by adjacent residents as an intersection repair project. Improved pedestrian crossing at dangerously wide oblique intersection. Grant funded. 2011

2 MIG/SvR Design Seattle Public Utilities West Seattle Bioretention; Permeable Pavement; Tree Protection and Planting Seattle Housing Authority redevelopment 2005

3 Goodfellow Bros., Inc. General Contracting 15 blocks with roadside rain gardens King County Wastewater Treatment Division Sunrise Heights and Westside neighborhoods of West Seattle Control combined sewer overflows 2015

4 Wenger Landscape and Design King County Wastewater Treatment Division through the RainWise Program Additional Information: The rain garden captures 1,812 SF of the roof area and will capture 27,000 gallons of rain each year. Rebate amount: $6,342 Fauntleroy Schoolhouse, 9131 California Ave SW, Seattle Rain Garden Reduce combined sewer overflows and stormwater pollution. 2014

5 Rain Dog Designs King County Wastewater Treatment Division through the RainWise Program Additional Information: The church has both a Tongan and Hispanic congregations. Both congregations were involved in designing and the ongoing maintenance of the project. First Tongan United Methodist Church, Highland Park, th Ave SW, Seattle, WA Three cisterns and one rain garden capture 7,328 square feet of roof area Reduce combined sewer overflows. 2015

6 Stewardship Partners, Sustainable Seattle, DePave King County Green Grants Highland Park Improvement Club, 1116 SW Holden, Seattle Two rain gardens, one slim-line cistern, a permeable pavement courtyard Control combined sewer overflows and stormwater pollution, enhance community center. 2014

7 Freeman Anthony, PE Department of Ecology Downtown Bellingham Bioretention Impaired waterway 2014 Additional Information: Downtown Improvement Gardens with business stewardship. Photo Credit: Rose Lathrop

8 Washington Organic Recycling Council WA Dept. of Ecology Stormwater Manuals, 2005-present Throughout Western Washington Requirement to protect soil during construction, or restore soil functions by amending with compost. Ecology's soil BMPs require builders to restore the "sponge" that naturally manages rainfall present Additional Information: Learn more at Photo Credit: David McDonald

9 Engineering: BHC Consulting; Landscape: Meredith Hall; Project Management: Urban Systems Design Rose Foundation; King County Green Grants; in-kind contributions of time and materials Seattle's South Avenue South and South Orr St Roadside bioretention Voluntary - community-led 2014 Photo Credit: Cari Simson

10 City of Bellingham City of Bellingham/WA State Dept. of Ecology Bellingham Rain Gardens Freshwater Quality, Pedestrian Safety 2014 Photo Credit: Freeman Anthony

11 Rain Dog Design RainWise, King County Green Grant, Google, Russell Foundation, Stewardship Partners Access Grant Demonstration sites are key to teaching communities about stormwater and stormwater solutions. ECOSS conducted multilingual RainWise outreach to potential demonstration sites in targeted combined sewer overflow areas. Our staff helped the mosque throughout the project which serves as a teaching tool for the public and reduces sewer overflows. Additional Information: This is Seattle's first RainWise mosque. In a typical year, the two rain gardens and four cisterns will capture/slow 118,800 gallons of water. Hope Academy & Alnoor Mosque, th Ave SW, Seattle Rain gardens, cisterns, community education, bioretention Photo Credit: Ned Ahrens, King County

12 Barker Landscape Architects Before King Conservation District, KCD-Seattle Community Partnership Grant Salvation Army White Center Community Center, th Ave SW, Seattle Rain garden, community education, bioretention 2015 Demonstration sites are key to teaching communities about stormwater and stormwater solutions. ECOSS conducted multilingual RainWise outreach to potential demonstration sites in targeted combined sewer overflow areas. Our staff helped the Salvation Army throughout the project which serves as a teaching tool for the public and reduces sewer overflows. After Photo Credit: ECOSS

13 Washington State University (WSU) and Washington Stormwater Center (WSC) The Boeing Company Laboratory testing at WSU Pullman and WSC Puyallup Research potential performance and toxicity improvements of permeable pavement enhanced with composite by-product. The goal of this research is to strengthen permeable pavement and expand its potential use Photo Credit: WSU & WSC

14 Tetra Tech NOAA, SRFB, ESRP, NFWF, EPA, local dike and drainage districts, Skagit County, private donors Skagit County, WA Levee setback, floodplain and estuary restoration Local community desire to implement a project with multiple outcomes: habitat for Chinook salmon, reduced flood risk and updated infrastructure Photo Credit: Marlin Greene/One Earth Images

15 Banyon Tree Design Clearwater Commons LLC Bothell, WA Pin Pile Foundations, Pourous Concrete, Rain Gardens Protect/restore salmon stream, infiltrate all stormwater, and maximize building lots Present Photo Credit: Clearwater Commons

16 Geosyntec The Boeing Company Boeing Plant 2, North Parking Lot Stormwater bioretention/treatment Retrofit surface drainage swales into engineered green infrastructure to meet EPA permit requirements for stormwater source control actions for the Lower Duwamish Waterway. 1991, retrofit 2012 Photo Credit: The Boeing Company

17 Rupert Engineering The Boeing Company Boeing Plant 2, South Duwamish Shoreline Stormwater bioretention/treatment To meet EPA permit requirements for stormwater source control actions for the Lower Duwamish Waterway Photo Credit: The Boeing Company

18 Golder Geosyntec The Boeing Company Boeing South Park Stormwater bioretention/treatment To satisfy Industrial Stormwater permit benchmarks for zinc Photo Credit: The Boeing Company

19 Kitsap County Public Works Port Orchard, WA Photo Credit: Kitsap.biz Productions

20 Photo Credit: Steven Whitney

21 KPG City of Tacoma Sprague & S 19th Bioretention, Pourous Concrete Community Priority for gateway, Localized flooding 2014 Additional Information: This was also a pilot project with only 16 feet of impervious asphalt. Better for the environment, provides traffic calming, and is cost effective. Photo Credit: Jessica Knickerbocker

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