We are focusing on catch basins and outfalls around Lake Union and Lake Washington. Initial projects we’ve completed and have identified around the lake include the many streets ends and their catch basins. Before our intervention, stormwater flowed untreated into the lake, harming it’s health and the broader ecosystem it supports.
Each phase of this multi-year project is possible because of the innovative support from private developers, the State of Washington, The Nature Conservancy, local businesses such as Adobe and Boeing, and Seattle business leaders.
The Aurora Bridge Swales design partners include Weber Thompson and KPFF Engineers.
Completed in 2022, these bioswales capture and clean 1,200,000 gallons of stormwater annually.
Project supported by the State of Washington, Boeing, The Nature Conservancy, & Quadrant Lake Union Center, The Holocene Foundation, Tableau, Adobe, Geocache HQ
This catch basin, like many others around Lake Union, was collecting polluted storm drain and street runoff water and discharging it directly into the lake without any treatment. This is the catalyst that inspired the creation of Clean Lake Union.