Projects

Working Together to Reduce Polluted Runoff with Green Stormwater Infrastructure

The Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) industry not only produces natural and sustainable solutions for stormwater management – it also provides opportunities for living-wage jobs. Expertise in the design, construction, and maintenance of green infrastructure is growing in demand. Design and construction in GSI offers rewarding and financially stable jobs. Landscapers with operations and maintenance (O&M) specialization can start in entry-level positions with a clear path to higher-paying careers in our clean water utilities. Since access to living-wage employment is a main determinant of health, job training in the growing GSI industry offers widespread advantages.

Utilities Managing Runoff

Venema Creek in the Broadview neighborhood

This project captures and infiltrates 70% of the runoff from 80 acres of roadway and impervious surfaces that originally flowed untreated into Venema Creek.

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Utilities Managing Neighborhood Runoff

Barton Roadside Rain Gardens

15 blocks of roadside rain gardens drain to underground injection control wells and manage runoff from about 32 acres.

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Promoting Code-Required Projects

Veterans Administration Hospital (Beacon Hill)

This $165 million hospital expansion project to meet growing service demand was designed to achieve LEED® certification. Sustainable features include two landscaped indoor courtyards, a green roof, and a rainwater harvesting system.

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Encouraging Community Partnerships

Paradise Parking Plots Community Garden

At Hillside Church in Kent, World Relief Seattle and several other organizations partnered to empower immigrants, refugees and the local community to create the Paradise Parking Plots Community Garden.

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Advancing Public-Private Investments

Seattle Public Utilities Partners with Vulcan to Reduce Pollution

Innovative public-private collaboration between Vulcan Inc. and SPU to reduce the amount of pollution flowing into Lake Union.

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Encouraging Community Partnership

King County and Seattle Public Utilities offer several grant and incentive programs for community partners to bring green solutions to parks, schools, community centers and private property.

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Advancing Public-Private Investments

King County and Seattle Public Utilities seek to leverage stormwater investments through partnerships with community groups, private development, small businesses, and others to fund, design, and build innovative, large-scale green stormwater infrastructure projects.

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Promoting Code-Required Projects

The City of Seattle Stormwater Code requires construction projects to manage stormwater from project sites before it enters the City’s system. Compliance with the Stormwater Code reduces, slows and cleans runoff that eventually ends up in our waterways.

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Utilities Managing Neighborhood Runoff

King County Wastewater Treatment Division and Seattle Public Utilities build and maintain large-scale projects in the public right-of-way that manage rain water on streets, sidewalks and landscapes. In addition, cross-sector partnerships strengthen green stormwater infrastructure projects.

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