Environmental WORKS and our team at Barker Landscape Architects and Springline Design have created a Green Stormwater Infrastructure case study which built upon a current housing design project in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood at 12th and Jefferson

Together with habitat restoration, source reduction of toxins, and development density and location, stormwater control is one of four primary strategies with the power to decrease pollution in the Sound.  As citizens and design professionals we look to do what is in our power to affect positive change.

This past Friday was a milestone for Washington’s Puget Sound water quality.  The Department of Ecology is proposing new development rules to mitigate and control polluted runoff, so that stormwater from roads and roofs can be treated naturally rather than burdening, often inadequate,stormwater infrastructure.

Second in a series of posts on our Sustaining Affordable Communities grant, courtesy of The Russell Family Foundation:  Improving Puget Sound Water Quality through “Green Street” Natural Drainage Design Alternatives

EW board member Karen Brawley advocates for healthy environments for those we serve in her position with the King County Tobacco Prevention Program.  Click on the link below to see a summary of Karen’s recent presentation to the Housing Development Consortium’s recent member meeting.