City of Kirkland Receives Grant to Improve Water Quality in Juanita Creek

City of Kirkland Receives Grant to Improve Water Quality in Juanita Creek

The City of Kirkland has recently received $348,439 in grants from the Washington State Department of Ecology (WECY) for improvements to water quality in Juanita Creek, Kirkland’s largest salmon bearing stream. The project will focus on conducting an evaluation and planning process for a community-based public-private partnership (CBP3) in the Central Kingsgate area of Kirkland.

The work will include the evaluation redevelopment scenarios including the placement of regional storm water management facilities, outreach and discussion with potential CBP3 consultants, and the evaluation of legal aspects of a contract and project. The CBP3 in this area is intended to provide improved stormwater management, specifically targeting total suspended solids and high flows.

King County Wastewater Treatment Division’s WaterWorks [2] grant funding will be used by the City to partner with the Adopt A Stream Foundation and the Washington Conservation Corps. Kirkland Parks and Community Services has been working to restore native vegetation in parks along Juanita Creek with previous WaterWorks grant funding. City staff and Adopt A Stream Foundation ecologists will engage with property owners along Juanita Creek near Windsor Vista Park and Edith Moulton Park, and a limited number of landscaping projects will be selected for implementation by the Washington Conservation Corps crews at no or little cost.

For more information about Kirkland’s efforts to restore natural areas in parks, visit www.greenkirkland.org. For more information about the Adopt A Stream Foundation, visit www.streamkeeper.org.

 

City of Kirkland’s Juanita Creek 2023 Report Card

Ref: Brice, Emma. Ecology proposes to fund 102 clean water projects across the state, Washington State Department of Ecology Blog, 5 February 2025.