Ship Canal Water Quality Project

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Welcome to the Ship Canal Water Quality project library! We'll post project documents here for those of you who want to take a deeper dive into specific topics.

Fact sheets

Neighborhood fact sheets

Ballard Overview
East Ballard Overview
Fremont Overview
Queen Anne Overview
Wallingford Overview

Project elements

General Project Overview
Glossary of Project Terms
Ground Monitoring
Digging Deep for Sustainability
Public Art: Permanent and temporary projects
Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Factsheet
TBM Coloring Sheet

Construction photos

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Project videos

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screenshot of Ship Canal Water Quality Project Construction Overview video — Ship Canal Water Quality Project Construction Overview

screenshot of Construction News: Welding High Density Plastic Pipe video — Construction News: Welding High Density Plastic Pipe

screenshot of Ballard Pump Station video — Introduction to the Ballard Pump Station

screenshot of Meet our SPU Construction Manager: Cynthia Blazina video — Meet our SPU Construction Manager: Cynthia Blazina

screenshot of MudHoney's Lowering — MudHoney's Lowering

screenshot of Amber Wallace, Laborer video — Amber Wallace, Laborer

screenshot of SCWQP Naming Contest Winner — SCWQP Naming Contest Winner

screenshot of Project Executive Keith Ward video — Project Executive Keith Ward

screenshot of Meet our Lane Project Manager: Fabrizio Fara — Meet our Lane Project Manager: Fabrizio Fara

screenshot of Ship Canal Water Quality Project - Katie Wilson — Meet our SPU Public Information officer: Katie Wilson

screenshot of Tunnel Boring Machine Journey — Tunnel Boring Machine Journey

screenshot of Artist highlight: Minh Carrico — Artist highlight: Minh Carrico

screenshot of Artist highlight: Angie Hinojos Yusuf and Carlos Jimenez — Artist highlight: Angie Hinojos Yusuf and Carlos Jimenez

screenshot of Artist highlight: Kalee Nelson and Crystal Christopherson — Artist highlight: Kalee Nelson and Crystal Christopherson

screenshot of Artist highlight: Katie Miller — Artist highlight: Katie Miller

screenshot of SPU meet the team video — Meet the Team

screenshot of SPU hydromill video — Mixing Bentonite Slurry

screenshot of SPU bentonite video — What's a Hydromill?

Project emails

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January 14, 2022 update

2021 Project emails

December 22, 2021 update
December 9, 2021 update
November 24, 2021 update
November 10, 2021 update
October 28, 2021 update
October 14, 2021 update
September 30, 2021 update
September 15, 2021 update
August 30, 2021 update
August 9, 2021 update
July 13, 2021 update
June 22, 2021 update
June 2, 2021 update
May 12, 2021 update
April 29, 2021 update
April 14, 2021 update
March 24, 2021 update
March 11, 2021 update
March 3, 2021 special edition update
Feb. 25, 2021 update
Feb. 9, 2021 update
Jan. 28, 2021 update
Jan. 5, 2021 update

2020 Project emails

Dec. 14, 2020 update
Nov. 23, 2020 update
Nov. 9, 2020 update
Oct. 5, 2020 update
Sept. 14, 2020 update
Aug. 31, 2020 update
Aug. 14, 2020 update
Aug. 4, 2020 update
July 20, 2020 update
June 30, 2020 update
June 16, 2020 update
May 13, 2020 update
April 21, 2020 update
April 6, 2020 update
March 25, 2020 update
March 11, 2020 update
Feb. 7, 2020 update

Meeting materials

Ballard 24th Ave NW Street End Design Survey Summary - General Overview (January 2020)
Ballard 24th Ave NW Street End Design Survey Summary - In-Depth Results (January 2020)
Ballard Drop-in Session Display Boards (December 2019)

Presentations

Friends of Street Ends (November 2021)
Seattle Design Commission: Ballard Pump Station (October 2021)
Fremont Neigborhood Council (March 2021)
Seattle Design Commission: Ballard Pump Station (November 2020)
Ballard District Council (August 2020)
Urban Forestry Commission (February 2020)

Technical documents

Notice of Addendum Availability (January 2021)
Addendum to the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (January 2021)
Final Environmental Impact Statement (January 2017)
Seattle and King County Joint Project Agreement (May 2016)
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (May 2014)

Plans

Art Master Plan
- Part One
- Part Two
Facility Plan (March 2017)
- Revised Facility Plan Addendum (February 2019)

Construction Overview

Mixing Bentonite Slurry

What's a Hydromill?

Meet our Team: Project Managers

Artist highlight: Katie Miller

Artist highlight: Kalee Nelson and Crystal Christopherson

Artist highlight: Angie Hinojos Yusuf and Carlos Jimenez

Artist highlight: Minh Carrico

Tunnel Boring Machine Journey

Meet our Lane Project Manager: Fabrizio Fara

SCWQP Naming Contest Winner

MudHoney's Lowering

Meet our SPU Construction Manager: Cynthia Blazina

Project Executive Keith Ward

Amber Wallace, Laborer

Introduction to the Ballard Pump Station

Construction News: Welding High Density Plastic Pipe

COVID-19 Notice

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This Project is funded in part by the Washington State Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection Agency through State Revolving Fund and Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loans

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