Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.09
Liaison Tom Hartzell
Submission Date June 28, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Calvin University
OP-23: Rainwater Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 2.00 Henry Kingma
Groundskeeper
Physical Plant
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Which of the following best describes the institution’s approach to rainwater management?:
No written policies, plans or guidelines, but green infrastructure and LID practices are used

A brief description of the institution’s green infrastructure and LID practices:
Retention/settling ponds, rain gardens, bioswales, erosion control where soil is disturbed.

A copy of the institution’s rainwater management policy, plan, and/or guidelines:
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A brief description of the institution’s rainwater management policy, plan, and/or guidelines that supports the responses above:
Rain/storm water from many areas of campus is diverted to one of four retention ponds prior to reaching storm sewers. One of the retention ponds has a vegetated bioswale before the inlet. The large student lot by the nature preserve drains into a vegetated bioswale. Two rain gardens capture rain water and sidewalk runoff prior to reaching the storm sewer. Construction projects have erosion fence installed from the beginning until final site work is performed. Catch basins are also fitted with runoff protection. Erosion blanket or mulch is applied to stop erosion whenever site work is performed.

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