| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 71.29 |
| Liaison | Holly Andersen |
| Submission Date | March 30, 2022 |
Bennington College
OP-22: Rainwater Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
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Which of the following best describes the institution’s approach to rainwater management?:
Comprehensive policies, plans or guidelines that require LID practices for all new projects
A brief description of the institution’s green infrastructure and LID practices:
The College promotes infiltration of stormwater runoff wherever feasible, while siting and designing treatment systems that fit with and take advantage of existing site constraints and conditions. While the College has two standard detention and attenuation basins (Biomass Facility and Student Center), the VAPA/CAPA system is a wetland type system which has created a thriving habitat, while still providing stormwater treatment and site in a location which is virtually unnoticeable unless you know what you are looking for. The new Commons stormwater treatment system is a bioretention filter, which also allows for infiltration of runoff under most conditions. The designed incorporated the College’s existing collection system and was site at the end of the their existing discharge which allowed them to incorporate the vegetated system into an existing grass field and limit the amount of additional hard infrastructure necessary to complete the design.
A copy of the institution’s rainwater management policy, plan, and/or guidelines:
A brief description of the institution’s rainwater management policy, plan, and/or guidelines that supports the responses above:
Bennington College follows all rainwater management policies and guidelines as listed in the land use ACT 250 for the state of Vermont.
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The College use the State’s SW Management Manual to size its stormwater treatment and LID practices. In general, all SW treatment systems are sized to meet current water quality standards (1 in of rainfall over a 24 hour period) and promote infiltration where possible. Treatment systems are also sized to accommodate larger storm events to ensure proper attenuation for larger storm events. Precipitation data used to size these systems follows with the current State SW Treatment Manual.
The water quality standard is 1in/24 hours which accounts for approximately 90% of all regional rainfall events annually.
The water quality standard is 1in/24 hours which accounts for approximately 90% of all regional rainfall events annually.
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