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Port of Tacoma marks Earth Day with innovative stormwater project
ABOVE: Port of Tacoma employees Al Cleaves, Tom Kress, Trevor Thornsely, and Lisa Yost helped plant one of four downspout treatment boxes at the Port's administration building April 19. Designed to filter heavy metals picked up by rainwater coming off the building's roof, the boxes keep pollutants from flowing into Commencement Bay. ABOVE LEFT: Port of Tacoma water quality project manager Anita Fichthorn designed the four downspout treatment boxes.
Posted online Mon., April 22 Photos Courtesy Port of Tacoma Port of Tacoma staff celebrated Earth Day April 22 by planting four downspout treatment boxes at the administration building to keep pollutants from flowing into Commencement Bay. Anita Fichthorn, Port of Tacoma's water quality project manager, designed the boxes to filter the heavy metals picked up by rainwater coming off the roof. The boxes were engineered and built by Port facilities development and maintenance staff, using materials readily available at local hardware and building supply stores.
The boxes—nicknamed Coho, Steelhead, Chum and King—cost about $600 each to build. They mimic the natural environment to filter pollutants. Nestled in a bioretention soil mix of sand and com-
Posted online Mon., April 22 Downtown On the Go will continue its Walk Tacoma series next week with a free walking tour that will highlight the history and current development of Tacoma's waterfront along a two-mile walking route. The tour, which will be held on Weds., May 1 between noon and 1 p.m. and begin at the Murray Morgan Bridge at 11th & A Street, will be
led by Joseph Govednik, Curator of Collections with the Foss Waterway Seaport. There is no need to pre-register for the event. Walk Tacoma is an eight-event walking series held on the first and third Wednesdays from April through August. The fun, themed walks, now in their fourth year, encourage downtown employees and residents to exercise and enjoy the outdoors by discovering the dif-
post that controls the flow of water, the plants take up zinc and other pollutants to use during photosynthesis. "The boxes play a key role in our efforts to control heavy metal releases from our industrial properties," said Fichthorn. "They also help us comply with the terms of our stormwater permit." The boxes were tested last year at Pierce County Terminal and the Port of Tacoma's maintenance facility. Those pilot boxes removed 99 percent of metals, particularly zinc and copper, according to Port of Tacoma officials. To see additional photos of the boxes and watch a two-minute video of how they work, visit portoftacoma.com.
Walk Tacoma: Series continues May 1 with waterfront tour
ferent walking routes and parks in downtown Tacoma. The walks are scheduled at the lunch hour and just after work to encourage downtown employees to walk during their workday, whether it is to and from work, at a lunch break, or to a nearby meeting. More information is available online at downtownonthego.org.