Pacific pump station replacement project

Completed winter 2007

New Pacific wastewater pump station. Click image for larger view.   Public art (funded by this project) installed at Pacific City Hall. Click image for larger view. More about this public art.

To protect public health and the environment and to ensure safe and reliable operations, the Wastewater Treatment Division has determined that the Pacific Pump Station needs to be replaced.

The 30-year-old pump station is an underground facility east of Tacoma Boulevard North in the unpaved First Avenue Northwest public right-of-way (see map). The existing pump station is approaching the end of its useful service life and needs to be expanded to convey increased wastewater flows from the City of Pacific to the South Treatment Plant in Renton.

Click map for larger version.

King County will replace the existing facility with a new aboveground pump station. The new pump station is on Frontage Road near the Custom Iron Works building. A new sewer pipe was built in the First Avenue Northwest public right-of-way. It crosses under the Interurban Trail and connects to the existing sewer underneath Tacoma Boulevard North.

Public art

King County's Wastewater Treatment Division funded public art in partnership with the City of Pacific (external link) and 4Culture (external link) as part of this project. The public art, installed at Pacific City Hall, is the city's first public artwork reflecting the long history of agriculture in the Pacific area. The artist, Paul Sorey, designed a new community gathering place composed of a sculptural fountain, benches, pergola and garden.

Schedule

The project began construction in fall 2004 was complete in early 2007.

Your comments and ideas are welcome

King County is committed to being a good neighbor and welcomes your comments. We will work directly with the City of Pacific, local jurisdictions and the community throughout the project to ensure that suggestions and concerns are addressed.

For more information

• Project Update, December 2006 (PDF, 192KB)
• Project Update, July 2005 (PDF, 111KB)
• Project Update, May 2003 (PDF, 127KB)  
• Pacific Pump Station, December 1999 (PDF, 676 KB)
  This study evaluates King County's existing Pacific Pump Station, located within the City of Pacific, and related conveyance system components, and identifies improvements needed to convey the projected increasing basin flows.
  Source: Conveyance System Improvements Program.
• Contact King County's project information line at 206-205-9196 or doug.marsano@kingcounty.gov