RainWise / Green Stormwater Infrastructure – King County Wastewater Treatment

People planting plants in a rain garden lined with mulch

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November 17, 2021

WaterWorks grants $5 million to community water quality improvement projects for 2022-23

Sixty-eight projects aimed at protecting and improving regional water quality will be launched in the new year, thanks to funding through King County’s WaterWorks Grant Program. The King County Council recently passed an ordinance approving the funding. The projects include a…

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November 8, 2021

Green stormwater infrastructure & CSOs: In-depth media coverage

King County is working to control all our combined sewer overflows (CSOs) through several strategies. One way we are reducing CSOs is through natural drainage solutions, also known as green stormwater infrastructure (GSI), which use plants, trees, and soil to…

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A rain garden showing a shallow depression in the ground, with mulch, rocks, and plants

Climate Change / Sustainability Community Engagement Customer service / Being a good neighbor Education RainWise / Green Stormwater Infrastructure Wet Weather Treatment

October 25, 2021

Celebrating RainWise pollution prevention milestones in the King County basin

As the days get shorter and we anticipate more rain in our forecast, we are celebrating a timely milestone—we just mailed our 1,000th RainWise rebate check in one of the eligible combined sewer overflow basins! Our utility strives to prevent…

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September 15, 2021

Making projects sustainable, resilient, and equitable

King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) is being recognized for its commitment to sustainable communities and the environment. WTD’s Sunset / Heathfield Pump Stations and force main upgrade project was awarded an Envision® Silver Award this month for project sustainability.…

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June 8, 2020

RainWise Goes Virtual to Support Contractors

For RainWise – a program designed to help property owners physically design and install rain gardens and cisterns – going virtual has had its challenges, but also unique opportunities. The RainWise program, a partnership between King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division…

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Community Engagement Education RainWise / Green Stormwater Infrastructure

September 6, 2019

RainWise is working to promote Green Stormwater Infrastructure!

The RainWise program were big participants in August’s Neighbor Night Out celebration. RainWise staff and partners visited 14 different block parties hosted by current RainWise customers, and spread the word about the program to over 300 residents. This is the…

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March 28, 2018

Go salmon! WaterWorks grant supports Finn Hill Neighborhood’s work to protect Denny Creek

A sense of mission and a small grant can go a long way. Finn Hill Neighborhood Alliance’s rain water harvesting project in Kirkland earned a $15,000 grant through King County's WaterWorks Program to protect Denny Creek, an important salmon-bearing stream.

Community Engagement Protecting Our Waters RainWise / Green Stormwater Infrastructure

October 18, 2017

RainWise program celebrates new installation in North Seattle

With the support of the RainWise program, a church in Seattle’s Roosevelt neighborhood just celebrated a new rain garden installation that will keep over 70,000 gallons of stormwater out of the sewer system each year, and control overflows into local…

Community Engagement Customer service / Being a good neighbor Protecting Our Waters RainWise / Green Stormwater Infrastructure

July 7, 2017

Roadside rain garden project earns local civil engineering honors

Though the term “infrastructure” might spark images of concrete and steel, today’s engineers increasingly see nature as another viable building tool for shaping 21st century cities.

Community Engagement Education Protecting Our Waters RainWise / Green Stormwater Infrastructure

February 26, 2017

Why “Water Wisely” When It Won’t Stop Raining?

Why would forty gardeners spend a Saturday learning about Watering Wisely when it won't stop raining?

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January 21, 2017

Making Your Landscape a Dream, Not a Nightmare

We care about our customers and Puget Sound. That's why we're offering Natural Yard Care workshops to help you turn your yard into a dream-not a nightmare.

Monica Van der Vieren