homeWelcome, sign in or click here to subscribe.login
     


 

 

Construction


Construction Industry Spotlight logo

Subscriber content preview

May 8, 2008

SPU has a plan to stop Madison Valley floods

  • Seattle Public Utilities wants to build a 2 million-gallon stormwater storage tank in the Washington Park Arboretum. Water would eventually go to the West Point Treatment Plant.
    • By MARGIE SLOVAN
    Journal Staff Reporter

    Photos courtesy of SPU [enlarge]
    SPU is using a 295-foot-long replica of the Madison Valley combined sewer pipeline to test how the system works during storms. The mock system was built in a warehouse in Richmond, B.C.

    SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES has finally settled on a plan to stop the recurring flooding in Madison Valley after considering a dozen possibilities over the last 3.5 years.


     
    . . .


    To read this story in full login or purchase a subscription.



    Previous columns:


    
    Email or user name:
    Password:
     
    Forgot password? Click here.