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Give Your Lawn an Environmental Make-over

Marie McKinsey

Nov 6, 20222 min read

Give Your Lawn an Environmental Make-over

From an environmental point of view, what it takes to maintain a typical lawn is a nightmare.

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The Alki 11 Row House Project: Density Done Wrong

Marie McKinsey

Jun 5, 20212 min read

The Alki 11 Row House Project: Density Done Wrong

In 2013, a developer announced plans to replace these three beach houses with an 11-unit row house project in the Alki Beach neighborhood.

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How to Calculate Storm Water Run-off from Your Property

Marie McKinsey

Mar 6, 20212 min read

How to Calculate Storm Water Run-off from Your Property

The EPA estimates that over 770 cities in the US combine waste water and stormwater in the same pipe and send it to sewage treatment...

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Were Sewer Breaks on Wickstrom Place Caused by Development?

Marie McKinsey

Oct 1, 20152 min read

Were Sewer Breaks on Wickstrom Place Caused by Development?

During the weeks of controversy over the permitting of the Alki 11 rowhouses that now face 55th Ave SW and Wickstrom Place SW at Alki Beach,

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The Sustainable Alternative to the Alki 11

Marie McKinsey

Jul 13, 20134 min read

The Sustainable Alternative to the Alki 11

I wrote this when I had become tired of pointing out the problems with this project. Our protests fell on deaf ears anyway. It was clear tha

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Will the Alki 11 Rowhouses Cause Flooding?

Marie McKinsey

Jun 29, 20135 min read

Will the Alki 11 Rowhouses Cause Flooding?

If you've been following these posts for a while, you are familiar with the math: for every inch of rainfall, nearly 5500 gallons of stormwa

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Over One MILLION Gallons of Waste Water - Where's It All Going to Go?

Marie McKinsey

Jun 27, 20132 min read

Over One MILLION Gallons of Waste Water - Where's It All Going to Go?

In my last post, I explained how the Alki 11 rowhouse project on 55th Ave SW will add more than one million gallons of combined waste and st

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