14. Sunnyside Environmental School
Sunnyside Elementary/ Environmental Middle School
Location: 3421 SE Salmon St.
Stormwater Facility: Porous Concrete
Facility location: Strips in the playground basketball court
Type of facility: Porous paving
Date of installation: 11/12/04
Impervious area managed: 10,000 sq ft
Size of facility: 280 sq feet
Design Storm: 1/3 of a 2 year WQ storm
Cost: $4,500
Strips of porous concrete inlaid in the basketball court help capture and infiltrate runoff. This project is part of the Environmental Services Innovative Wet Weather program (IWWP). The IWWP is supporting projects to improve water quality and watershed health by reducing combined sewer overflows, stormwater runoff peaks and volumes, and stormwater pollution.
Project team
Owner: Portland Public Schools
Design and Project management: Environmental Services
Funding and Support
- Environmental Services provided a $4,500 dollar grant towards the project as part of the Innovative Wet Weather program.