facts & figures: fun facts
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Park and
Recreation Facilities
Streets, Sidewalks, and Bridges
Seattle Center
Electricity
Water
Drainage & Wastewater
Solid Waste |
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PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES |
| Park system (acres) Parks
Playfields
Playgrounds
Shoreline (miles)
Green spaces (acres)
Natural areas (acres)
Trails (miles)
Community Centers
Tennis Courts
Golf Courses
Boulevards (miles)
Swimming Pools
Bathing beaches |
more than 6,000 224
130
38
24
421
69
8
25
165
4
22
9
9 |
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STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND BRIDGES |
| Streets paved (miles) Streets unpaved (miles)
Alleys paved (miles)
Alleys graded (miles)
Sidewalks (miles)
Traffic signals
Bridges
Draw Bridges
Annual opening and closing of drawbridges
Stairways, public right-of-way |
1,652 166
159
45
1,949
875
337
6
27,000
463 |
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SEATTLE CENTER |
| Annual Visitors Area (acres)
Parking Spaces |
8,000,000 74
3,400 |
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ELECTRICITY |
| Customers Plant capacity (kW)
Transmission lines (miles)
Distribution lines (miles)
Hydroelectric facilities
Substations |
334,000 1,974,300
646
3,000
5
14 |
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WATER |
| Population served Consumptions, daily avg. (million gallons)
Watershed (square miles)
Watershed reservoir capacity (million gallons)
Seattle reservoirs
Elevated tanks
Distribution/transmission storage (million gallons)
Supply and distribution lines (miles)
Fire hydrants |
1,262,000 169
164
4,000
9
7
506
1,828
18,025 |
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DRAINAGE & WASTEWATER |
| Combined sewers (miles) Sanitary sewers (miles)
Storm drains (miles)
Pumping stations
Sewer outfalls
Storm drain outfalls
CSO overflow detention facilities |
1,024 557
418
72
120
277
43 |
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SOLID
WASTE |
| Residential Dumpsters
Waste recycled (tons) |
151,889 93,737
316,000 |
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