Article source: The Miller Hull Partnership

Making the invisible visible

While most sewage treatment plants are invisible to their communities and separated by a chain link fence, the LOTT Clean Water Alliance Regional Service Center is a visible and active participant in the public life of Washington’s capital city. The LOTT Clean Water Alliance provides Class A reclaimed water and emphasizes water conservation through a strong community outreach program, in addition to providing wastewater treatment services to 85,000 people in four local communities. The new facility, located on the site of its existing Budd Inlet Treatment Plant, brings all management and staff together in one location. The facility includes three major elements:

-a renovated 7,700 ft2 water quality laboratory

-a new 21,300 ft2 office

-a 3,500 ft2 education and technology center

Image Courtesy The Miller Hull Partnership

• Architects: The Miller Hull Partnership
• Project: LOTT Clean Water Alliance
• Location: Olympia, Washington, USA
• Project Completion Date: July, 2010
• Project Site: Previously Developed Land
• Project Type: Laboratory,Mixed – Use, Office – 10,001 to 100,000sf
• Project Site Context/Setting: Urban
• Building Gross Floor Area: 32,500 square feet
• Other Building Description: New
• Total project cost at time of completion, land excluded:$13,500,000.00

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