Examples

Working Together to Reduce Polluted Runoff with Green Stormwater Infrastructure

 

Browse the projects below to learn more about individual nature-based projects found across Seattle and King County, including:

  • Code-required projects constructed following City of Seattle Stormwater code to manage stormwater from project sites before it enters the City’s system.
  • Community partnership projects through several grant and incentive programs for community partners to bring green solutions to parks, schools, community centers and private property.
  • Public-private investment projects that seek to leverage stormwater investments through partnerships with community groups, private development, small businesses, and others
  • RainWise projects that offer rebates to single-family homeowners who work with an approved contractor to install cisterns and/or rain gardens on private property in eligible areas of Seattle.
  • RainWise Big Roof projects at community centers, religious organizations, apartment buildings and businesses participating in the RainWise program.
  • Utility projects built and maintained in the public right-of-way by King County Wastewater Treatment Division and Seattle Public Utilities that manage rain water on streets, sidewalks and landscapes.
Co Lam installed five cisterns to store rainwater

Community Partnerships

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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Swale on Yale

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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Murray CS

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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Shoreline Right-of-Way Project

Utility Projects

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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