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Thank you for visiting the West Seattle rain gardens website. We started this site when King County planned to construct "biorentention swales" in our neighborhoods. Bioswales are NOT rain gardens. We hope you’ll carefully review the content of the site to learn from our experience, especially if a similar project is proposed for your community. We support green infrastructure, but we advocate for safe options to address Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs).-
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Enjoying Spring and Staying Vigilant
After one of the wettest winters we can remember, we’re relishing the scents of spring and every sun break. And as we think of all the rain that has fallen in recent months, we’re so grateful that deep wells of … Continue reading
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Tagged bioswale, bioswales, CSO, King County, stormwater, Sunrise Heights, West Seattle, Westwood
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More Rainwise, Less Forced Bioswales?
Spring has sprung, sunny, beautiful and blue one moment–gray and rainy the next. At West Seattle Raingardens, we’re enjoying the shift of the seasons. And we’re pleased to see King County’s increased promotion of the Rainwise program. We’ve also noticed the … Continue reading
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Tagged bioswale, bioswales, CSO, King County, maintenance, Rainwise, stormwater, West Seattle
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Bioswale Construction Zone
We’ve been quiet, but we’re still here, in our neighborhood that now looks like a construction zone. We’re angry that King County keeps insulting our intelligence by referring to the deep ditches they’re installing as rain gardens–they are not rain … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballard, bioswales, construction, Construction Zone, High Point, King County, Westside School
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Spring Project Update & Dow Constantine
Spring is bringing beauty to Westwood and Sunrise Heights–and also a scaled back CSO project and the kickoff of King County Executive Dow Constantine’s re-election campaign. We think these two things are related. As election season begins, Constantine is unlikely … Continue reading
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Tagged bioswale, CSO, Dow Constantine, drowning hazards, King County, Sunrise Heights, tripping, Westwood
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Storm Water Funneling = Everett Neighborhood Sinking
It started with families in the Valley View neighborhood of Everett who heard creaking in the middle of the night. Four years later, one home is devastated, others are crumbling—and a lawsuit is underway. Private contractors and the homeowner whose … Continue reading
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Tagged CSO, Everett, King County, sinkholes, stormwater, West Seattle
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