Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Public Art - It's Everywhere

Public art on our wastewater pump station in downtown Kirkland
King County Pump Station 

"The artwork is a pictographic representation of the water treatment process starting within the community of Kirkland (depicted on the staff gate) and ending at the South Treatment Plant in Renton (depicted on the large panel). In addition to the composition, vibrant color is used to convey information. Glass forms are divided into blues and greens representing the refinement or “polishing” of the water and amber representing the solids that are removed during treatment. The saturation and transparency of color indicates the stages of treatment‐ more saturated at the beginning of the process with increasing transparency as the water moves through the cycle. Color used on the pipe elements also tells a story; orange represents the separations of solids, green for the water treatment, and red showing the flow of the influent from the pump station to the treatment plant. Then it is reclaimed by being pumped into 11 ponds that settle out contaminants and sediments. Eventually, it is released into streams and wetlands." source     



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