Massachusetts Institute of Technology
IN-15: Stormwater Modeling

MIT is in the process of modelling water quality and water quantity needs for both current and future climate conditions at the campus and city scales. The modelling is being integrated and coordinated with the MIT Sustainable Stormwater and Landscape Ecology planning process which includes a Phase 1 report, completed in Dec 2017. Furthermore, MIT's stormwater modelling is ntegrating precipitation-driven flood models for city streets adjacent to the MIT campus as modelled in the City of Cambridge Climate Vulnerability Assessment. A preliminary research study exploring MIT's stormwater flood risks, using the MIT Synthetic Tropical Cyclone Generator, has provided a range of future precipitation totals for the Cambridge, Massachusetts region in order to inform probable current and future stormwater conditions and is available here:https://globalchange.mit.edu/publication/16850 .

Findings from the modelling are directly informing design of campus projects, such as the newly opened North Corridor, which includes stormwater best management practices for quality and quantity control, recommended through the planning process. The plan documents are not yet available for public release but more detail about the integrated stormwater and campus flood risk modelling approach is available: https://sustainability.mit.edu/stormwater-management-and-landscape-ecology-plan

Information is drawn from MIT's Draft Sustainable Stormwater and Landscape Ecology Plan as well as MIT's Climate Resiliency Planning process. Information can be found:https://sustainability.mit.edu/stormwater-management-and-landscape-ecology-plan
https://sustainability.mit.edu/climate-resiliency

Published document about MIT preliminary flood vulnerability modeling is available here: https://globalchange.mit.edu/publication/16850