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-The storm water that we're putting in the lake is
is contributing all sorts of bad things.
And so if we can improve the water quality
with new construction of a project, it seems like
it's a win win for everybody. ♪♪
-So what goes in, um,
is is polluted with things like heavy metals, oil,
chemicals, tire particles, and what comes out
after it goes through the bioswale is a lot cleaner
than what came out.
It's unique because you're managing the water on a
on a private property,
but it's also unique given its size.
It's managing
two to three acres of water coming down off the hill.
That's something on the order of two
and a half million gallons of polluted runoff.
You know, if we didn't partner on this,
then it wouldn't happen.
-We don't just look at it,
you know, how can we squeeze the most
profit out of something?
It's what can we do that
helps the community or helps our environment?
And that's important.
And it feels good in what you do by
contributing in that way.
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The fact of the matter, it was going to the lake
in the first place
and fortunately we found like minded people at SPU.
You couldn't do it if you didn't
have that teamwork with everyone thinking and
saying this is a good thing and the right thing to do.
-If we can install these facilities all around
Lake Union and our other water bodies
and do it through partnerships that leverage resources
that are really efficient and faster,
you know, that's cleaner water for humans and fish.
And that makes a lot of sense to me.
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