| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 40.43 |
| Liaison | Andreas Wolfram |
| Submission Date | Jan. 10, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Ringling College of Art and Design
OP-23: Stormwater Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Tracy
Wagner VP of Finance & Administration Business Affairs |
Does the institution have a policy, plan, and/or strategies to reduce stormwater runoff from new development projects? :
Does the institution have a policy, plan, and/or strategies to reduce stormwater runoff from ongoing campus operations? :
A brief description of the institution's stormwater management initiatives:
All new construction, major renovations and other project that increase hard surfaces have to have an approved (Southwest Florida Water Management District) storm water management plan. The policy, plan, and/or strategies address both the quantity and quality (or contamination level) of storm water runoff.
The website URL where information about the institution's stormwater management initiatives, plan or policy is available:
Does the institution have a living or vegetated roof?:
A brief description of the institution's living or vegetated roof:
Does the institution have porous paving?:
A brief description of the institution's porous paving:
Does the institution have retention ponds?:
A brief description of the institution's retention ponds:
Ringling College's retention systems are designed to allow water to seep through soil into the shallow groundwater aquifer and are constructed in such a manner as to allow storm water to percolate into the ground without discharging directly into natural surface water bodies.
Does the institution have stone swales?:
A brief description of the institution's stone swales:
Does the institution have vegetated swales?:
A brief description of the institution's vegetated swales:
Ringling utilizes a mixture of no-mow grasses and fescues for the campus vegated swales.
Does the institution employ any other technologies or strategies for stormwater management?:
A brief description of other technologies or strategies for stormwater management employed:
Underground stormwater treatment vaults are employed on a site to reduce the quantity of stormwater runoff leaving the campus by temporarily storing the runoff that exceeds a site’s allowable discharge rate and releasing it slowly over time.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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