Our recent overnight rain storm resulted in outside damages. If you haven’t already, be sure to check your basements and around the outside of your residence for water intrusion. A very important meeting with SPU is coming up on April 6th from 6 to 8 pm at Luther Memorial Lutheran Church. SPU is beginning a…
Category Archives: Sewage Overflows
Broadview Task Force on Storm Water and Sewage Overflows
January 17, 2011 The Broadview Task Force on Storm Water and Sewage Overflows met with Nancy Ahern the Deputy Director of Seattle Public Utilities as well as her staff on January 14th to discuss our grave concerns at the system failure of key areas in the Broadview Neighborhood. The storm event on December 12, 2010 …
Sewage flows into lake and Broadview homes
I found this story on King 5 news after the storm. It details the 1.6 million gallons of raw sewage let into Lake Washington from Medina. It also features the experience of Broadview neighbor Robin Laskowski, whose basement (near Carkeek Park) was flooded with raw sewage. Three of Robin’s neighbors also had sewage in their…
Respond to the Storm
Broadview Neighbors, Today’s storm had a significant impact on Broadview. Many neighbors were on the streets braving the drenching rains. They were cleaning ditches, helping neighbors whose homes had flooded, out talking to emergency crews, some were borrowing sump pumps, and shop vacs, and everyone was and is deeply concerned about the storm and sewage…
Storm Water Damage
We are getting reports of sewage overflows into people’s houses, and other storm water damage. If you are affected please take photos as documentation for a claim. We are gathering information on problems. We’d like to hear from you. Here is a photo from Carkeek Park. Here is photo from 2nd NW and NW 115th Here…
Broadview December 12th Rain Storm
If your area is flooding please take pictures. It is important to document problems.
NEWS: Seattle Prepares for Heavy Rain, Flooding
For Immediate Release: Dec 10, 2010 Contact: Ingrid Goodwin, (206) 233-3864 Pager: (206) 997-5972 Seattle Prepares for Heavy Rain, Flooding Extra City Drainage Crews Placed on Alert in Anticipation of Severe Winter Storm SEATTLE — With torrential rain in the forecast for the next several days, Seattle Public Utilties (SPU) is putting its field crews…
The Rainy Season is Here!
Fall 2010 has arrived and with it the rainy season. It is time to clear our storm drains and make sure that our downspouts are flowing away from our homes. However, for some residents this may not enough to keep their homes from flooding in the case of a storm event. These concerns are real;…
Sewage overflow angers Broadview residents
http://www.ballardnewstribune.com/articles/2008/05/07/news/local_news/news04.txt By Dean Wong Wednesday, May 07, 2008 Broadview homeowners are angry about the raw sewage that overflowed into their basements in December and vented their frustrations to a city official last week. During a heavy rainstorm on Dec. 3, the area’s sewage system backed up, causing extensive damage to homes. Martha Burke, planning manager…
