Street Edge Alternatives (SEA Streets) Project
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lynellg on 03/01/2008
Resource Type: Web Resource Tags: watershed, water sustainability, post-construction BMP, stormwater runoff, design
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IBS - Integrated Balance SolutionsSeattle's pilot Street Edge Alternatives Project (SEA Streets) was completed in the spring of 2001. It is designed to provide drainage that more closely mimics the natural landscape prior to development than traditional piped systems.
To accomplish this, we reduced impervious surfaces to 11 percent less than a traditional street, provided surface detention in swales, and added over 100 evergreen trees and 1100 shrubs.
Two years of monitoring show that SEA Street has reduced the total volume of stormwater leaving the street by 99 percent.
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To view plans, costs and benefits, hydrologic monitoring data, and the full description of this project, please visit the website.