VIDEO: Dedicating Seattle’s first mosque raingarden in South Delridge

This ribbon-cutting in South Delridge celebrated a project that was two years in the making: Completion of the first raingarden/cistern project at a Seattle mosque.

The installation dedicated this past Friday at AlNoor Mosque is not just functional for reducing the runoff that goes into the combined-sewer system, it’s also a teaching tool for the students of Hope Academy, a K-8 private school that’s co-located on the grounds.

Hope Academy’s Mohamed Ahmed talked about the project:

Teachers and students are now involved in maintenance of the raingardens – there are two on the grounds.

Along with runoff reduction and environmental education, the project is expected to help with basement flooding issues at the historic brick building on the grounds of what was once St. James Lutheran Church. Those on hand to celebrate Friday included reps from the project partners at ECOSS (Environmental Coalition Of South Seattle) the King County Wastewater Treatment Division, Seattle Public Utilities, and RainWise, which continues to offer rebates for cistern and raingarden installations in certain target areas.

4 Replies to "VIDEO: Dedicating Seattle's first mosque raingarden in South Delridge"

  • Gabby November 22, 2015 (7:37 pm)

    Did not even know that school was there. This is a great component to education. Maybe this will serve as a model, would love to see this adopted district-wide. It would be so nice if children learned how to grow their own food and prepare healthy food as part of school. What an investment in their future health. Also, learn ways to save and reuse precious resources (like this rain water) and also ways to use less non-renewable resources. These things should be taught in schools and it should start when kids are very young.

  • Kylie November 22, 2015 (9:43 pm)

    Great community project! And Gabby, I couldn’t agree more with your comments!

  • John November 23, 2015 (7:28 am)

    Odd design for the water containers. Seems like a lot of water storage space is lost for an architectural look.

    Regardless….it’s an awesome educational tool.

  • northwest November 23, 2015 (12:41 pm)

    Great way to educate and encourage water conservation. We are saving rainwater in a lot more basic manner and during the wet season here I find I need to empty our reserves so I have been using two full 5 gallon buckets along with a sturdy push broom to flood the sidewalk as I sweep all the small leaves pine needles and rest into one area. Going over it again with another ten gallons leaving the sidewalk and frontage of our home looking great! No need for loud gas blowers to do the job.

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