Comments on: Third West Seattle sewage problem in 3 weeks: Barton Pump Station overflow

By: datamuse

datamuse — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:37:59 +0000

It never really feels like anyone else is all that concerned with this alarming problem.
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Indeed. The story about the (biodegradable) public art on the beach has 30 comments and this story has six.
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Out of sight, out of mind?

By: Greenpeace

Greenpeace — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 04:33:13 +0000

The condo leak issue was sad and disturbing.

By: wetone

wetone — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:55:43 +0000

Bad statement from SPU on the Harbor West Condo issue as they made that on based on the nine days they knew it was leaking and that was only realized because of the trimaran problem, so how long did it run into bay before ? Last high (king) stormy tides that probably did damage was late dec. or early jan. Should and could of been fixed first day noticed. The problem was not caused by trimaran for those wondering .

By: wetone

wetone — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:25:00 +0000

By: DiverLaura

DiverLaura — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:57:21 +0000

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Simple actions done with frequency can make all the difference in the world… (or Sound as the case may be)

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http://www.pugetsoundkeeper.org

get involved!

cjb, (and others who are passionate about this issue) please email me: laura (at) tox-ick.org and join with me to grow this grassroots effort to help fix puget sound, one person, one block, one neighborhood, one community at a time…

By: cjboffoli

cjboffoli — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 07:36:52 +0000

Karen r: This really isn’t all that uncommon. And it just continues a centuries old tradition of using any available water source as a toilet despite of our modern perception of ourselves as environmentally conscious.
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The City of Seattle has 92 outfalls which on average discharge a total of about 190 million gallons (and in certain years much more) of untreated sewage, industrial wastewater, polluted street runoff, etc. EVERY YEAR. This is a major source of pollution that is still happening routinely despite a federal mandate (the Clean Water Act) signed 41 years ago which was supposed to protect and restore all waters to safely swimmable and fishable conditions.
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It never really feels like anyone else is all that concerned with this alarming problem. People in our community seem to put more energy into fighting against things like bioswales and improved pump stations that would mitigate these horrifying outflows.

By: WSB

WSB — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 07:13:00 +0000

I should be clear that these three are not related – I grouped them because it’s such a close time frame AND a reminder of the vulnerability of our waters/shores. Harbor West is a private system but was investigated by Seattle Public Utilities; Murray Pump Station at Lowman was the fault of a City Light outage, and will have a permanent generator before too long; Barton Pump Station, tonight, does seem to be an on-site problem. They did have a different problem recently that did NOT lead to an overflow, which I need to add to the story.

By: Karen r

Karen r — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 06:31:27 +0000

Tracey,
I just don’t understand why this is happening so often. Is there a response from the city on the frequency of these occurances?