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
MIG/SvR Design Seattle Public Utilities West Seattle Bioretention; Permeable Pavement; Tree Protection and Planting Seattle Housing Authority redevelopment 2005
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
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
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, 9001 9 th Ave SW, Seattle, WA Three cisterns and one rain garden capture 7,328 square feet of roof area Reduce combined sewer overflows. 2015
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
Freeman Anthony, PE Department of Ecology Downtown Bellingham Bioretention Impaired waterway 2014 Additional Information: Downtown Improvement Gardens with business stewardship. Photo Credit: Rose Lathrop
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. 2005-present Additional Information: Learn more at www.buildingsoil.org Photo Credit: David McDonald
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 Park @12th Avenue South and South Orr St Roadside bioretention Voluntary - community-led 2014 Photo Credit: Cari Simson
City of Bellingham City of Bellingham/WA State Dept. of Ecology Bellingham Rain Gardens Freshwater Quality, Pedestrian Safety 2014 Photo Credit: Freeman Anthony
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, 9421 18th Ave SW, Seattle Rain gardens, cisterns, community education, bioretention 2013-2015 Photo Credit: Ned Ahrens, King County
Barker Landscape Architects Before King Conservation District, KCD-Seattle Community Partnership Grant Salvation Army White Center Community Center, 9050 16th 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
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. 2015 Photo Credit: WSU & WSC
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. 2011 Photo Credit: Marlin Greene/One Earth Images
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. 2010-Present Photo Credit: Clearwater Commons
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
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. 2012 Photo Credit: The Boeing Company
Golder Geosyntec The Boeing Company Boeing South Park Stormwater bioretention/treatment To satisfy Industrial Stormwater permit benchmarks for zinc. 2014 Photo Credit: The Boeing Company
Kitsap County Public Works Port Orchard, WA Photo Credit: Kitsap.biz Productions
Photo Credit: Steven Whitney
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