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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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Bioswale Planting Underway
We see plantings appearing in our neighborhood bioswales and plan to take photos to track the progress. One of the primary concerns is whether the swales will be well-maintained or not. Because bioswale maintenance often starts out strong and then … Continue reading
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Tagged bioswales, High Point, maintenance, Sunrise Heights, Westwood
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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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