BOTHELL, Wash. (AP) — A 65-foot odor-control stack at a sewage pumping station in Bothell is a work of art thanks to 3,500 green glass water bottles that encircle it.
The King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks says “Verdi” by artist Christian Moeller uses recycled Pellegrino water bottles, representing water recycling.
It was erected Monday in a Bothell business park and will be illuminated at night by spotlights.
Spokeswoman Annie Kolb-Nelson says the sculpture by the UCLA design and media arts professor Moeller cost $450,000. A total of $4.4 million was spent on art for the new sewage treatment plant through the county’s 1 Percent for Art program.
Work at the Woodinville sewage treatment plant called Brightwater is completed, but work continues on its 13-mile outflow line to Puget Sound.
