| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 61.90 |
| Liaison | Megan Butler |
| Submission Date | July 19, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Macalester College
OP-23: Stormwater Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Mark
Dickinson Director Facilities Services |
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Does the institution have a policy, plan, and/or strategies to reduce stormwater runoff from new development projects? :
Yes
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Does the institution have a policy, plan, and/or strategies to reduce stormwater runoff from ongoing campus operations? :
Yes
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A brief description of the institution's stormwater management initiatives:
The 2009 Sustainability Plan has a goals to develop a comprehensive stormwater management plan. The 2011 Sustainable Landscape Plan includes an assembly of proposed initiatives to reduce and reuse stormwater run off including: increasing filtration basins, establishing more rain gardens, and considering rainwater cisterns.
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The website URL where information about the institution's stormwater management initiatives, plan or policy is available:
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Does the institution have a living or vegetated roof?:
Yes
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A brief description of the institution's living or vegetated roof:
The MacCARES, a student organization, green roofing task force successfully installed a green roof on a connecting hallway between student dorms in 2006. The roof was installed using a containerized green roof block system. In 2008, another student imitative installed a green roof on Kagin Commmons and has sewn it with prairie grasses.
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Does the institution have porous paving?:
Yes
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A brief description of the institution's porous paving:
Porous pavement are installed at Markim Hall, the Library plaza and the Woodlawn walkways.
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Does the institution have retention ponds?:
Yes
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A brief description of the institution's retention ponds:
The "detention" ponds are located near the athletic game field and all run off from the fields goes to the detention area; by the Campus Center where all roof stormwater collects and George Dayton residence hall where site on roof stormwater is collected.
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Does the institution have stone swales?:
No
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A brief description of the institution's stone swales:
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Does the institution have vegetated swales?:
No
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A brief description of the institution's vegetated swales:
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Does the institution employ any other technologies or strategies for stormwater management?:
Yes
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A brief description of other technologies or strategies for stormwater management employed:
Markim Hall has an underground groundwater return mechanism, involving perforated piping in the soil. A similar system was constructed for the Leonard Center Athletic complex which included about 450 feet of six foot diameter perforated pipe and a much larger scale system is being installed for the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, involving some 750 ft of six foot diameter underground perforated piping.
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