Big
changes are underway at a Parish and School in the White Center
community. In the past couple months, Sustainable Seattle has started
working with Holy Family to transform their multi-acre property and
prevent stormwater pollution.
With the help of Rain Dog Designs, we are installing rain gardens that will qualify for the RainWise incentive program. But we won't stop there! The rain gardens will also be designed to qualify for the Stormwater Credit Program
through Seattle Public Utilities - saving the Parish money that's
typically spent to pay surface water fees. Since this is the first time
these two incentives will work together, this project has the potential
to be a model site for future RainWise rain gardens - demonstrating a
process that can be replicated at countless sites to access stormwater
credits!
This
could provide large sites the extra incentive they need to dive into
the RainWise program - helping the city of Seattle reach a goal of 700 million gallons of runoff managed by green stormwater infrastructure by 2025. Isn't that exciting?!
With
this extra goal, though, a little more testing and designing needs to
happen compared to a standard rain garden. And that work is already
underway at Holy Family! Last week, Associated Earth Services--tasked
with analyzing the soil and performing infiltration testing--completed
the second step of the process: installing pit drains to assist with the
rain garden filtration and testing the infiltration rate.
It's
truly exciting to be able to build a foundation that can be replicated
throughout our city. We'll keep you updated on this project, and share
more about planting days and work being done with Sustainability
Ambassadors to ensure rain garden education is threaded into the
school's curriculum!
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