| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 63.74 |
| Liaison | Lacey Raak |
| Submission Date | Feb. 18, 2023 |
California State University, Monterey Bay
OP-22: Rainwater Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Anya
Spear Campus Planner Campus Planning and Development |
Which of the following best describes the institution’s approach to rainwater management?:
A brief description of the institution’s green infrastructure and LID practices:
The 2006 Storm Water Master Plan creates a system to percolate all stormwater within the campus footprint. The Library and Business Information and Technology Building (A2) and Collge Humanities Arts and Social Studies (A3) use LID site specific measures. A new percolation pond was constructed between 6 and 7th avenues to reuce campus wide flows to the existing storm drain system.
2022 Master Plan environmental impact report (EIR) HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY pg 715 https://csumb.edu/media/csumb/section-editors/facilities/2022-master-plan/CSUMB-Master-Plan-FEIR-(Volume-I).pdf
2022 Master Plan EIR mitigation monitoring and reporting program requires pgs 37-38 https://csumb.edu/media/csumb/section-editors/facilities/2022-master-plan/CSUMB-EIR-MMRP.pdf
Low-Impact Development (LID) Approach. Establish all
landscapes as self-retaining stormwater management
areas by using campus and building scale LID systems to
maximize infiltration or retention for irrigation, and
minimize stormwater runoff volumes into existing and
larger campus-scale drain systems. This will be
accomplished by implementing the following:
a. Maximize use of building-scale LID design features to
protect water quality such as green roofs, rain
gardens, swales, stormwater harvesting, infiltration
trenches and pervious paving.
b. Maximize use of campus-scale LID design features to
protect water quality such as porous paving, green
streets, recreation fields, swales and basins.
c. Infiltrate all storm water runoff within campus
boundaries or easements.
d. Develop standards for pervious pavement and
pavement draining to natural areas as well as
maintenance programs to support alternatives to
concrete for pathways and outdoor gathering spaces.
e. Conduct project-specific drainage analysis and/or
consistency analysis during the design of individual
developments to demonstrate that all criteria of the
CSUMB Stormwater Master Plan are met. Incorporate the
above LID features, as needed, into the design of each
development project to ensure these criteria are me
Storm Water Quality - Implement a regular storm water
maintenance program to protect water quality and follow
best management practices, including but not limited to
the following:
a.Minimize use of pesticides and quick release fertilizers
and use principles of integrated pest management. Do
not use such materials in or near storm water facilities.
b. Employ non-chemical controls (biological, physical
and cultural controls) before using chemicals to treat a
pest problem.
c. Maintain compliance with existing standards for
special handling, removal, and disposal of hazardous
materials to an approved location during any
improvements to water supply and distribution
systems when undertaken by the University, or by
others on University Property
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:
The majority of stormwater is collected on campus and is percolated into the ground via strategically located percolation ponds. All new buildings are built to LEED silver standards and mostly percolate stormwater locally or on campus. No stormwater flows to surface waters of the United States.
Website URL where information about the institution’s green infrastructure and LID practices is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Storm water plans were refined by Sandis engineers in 2020-21. Updates were made to the capital project list, volumes, tributary distribution and refining conceptual projects to meet our goal of managing all stormwater on site.
Storm water plans were refined by Sandis engineers in 2020-21. Updates were made to the capital project list, volumes, tributary distribution and refining conceptual projects to meet our goal of managing all stormwater on site.
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