Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.44
Liaison Rachel Kornhauser
Submission Date March 2, 2018
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State University of New York at Oneonta
IN-15: Stormwater Modeling

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Rachel Kornhauser
Sustainability Coordinator
Finance and Administration
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A brief description of the institution’s stormwater modeling program and/or practices, including the methodologies and tools used:
The campus Facilities Department employs a sophisticated GIS model which incorporated all known documentation about the College's stormwater system dating back to 1930. It is complete in the sense that it documents all stormwater structures, piping, and slope measurements and drainage basins including landscape types and soils. THe campus has engaged in the installation of many typical practices include stormwater retention vaults, bioretention swales, ponds, and bioinfiltration basins.

For which of the following percentile local or regional rainfall events does the institution retain runoff on-site using LID practices and green infrastructure? (95th, 90th, 85th, 80th, 75th, Other):
Other (specify below)

The percentile local or regional rainfall event for which the institution retains runoff on-site using LID practices and green infrastructure (0-100):
5

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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The campus' efforts to retain significant amounts of stormwater are in it's infancy but due to terrain, slopes, annual precipitation and available land surface. The campus' long range goal is to retain stormwater in the 25th percentile.

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