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SSc 6.1 & 6.2 Quantity and Quality control
CS-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Victor DaCosta on
Morning, I’m starting with calculations in SS credit 6.1 and 6.2 and I have a question: We are implementing rainwater recapture on our project for irrigation and toilet flushes.
Using a water table tank as a retaining method for compliance
CS-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Gabriela Hernández Castillo on
Our project is capturing rainwater and sending it to a water table tank (I don't know if this is the correct term, it is the tank that recieves water from the water table below foundations). The t
Pond use outside LEED boundary
CS-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Brian Wolfe on
Is it acceptable to utilize an existing detention pond that is outside the proposed LEED boundary? The stormwater runoff will be piped under the existing road to the pond.
Pump up stored rainwater to local drainage system
CS-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Noriko Nagazumi on
Our project has a big rainwater collecting tank which has enough capacity to store 2-24hr design storm, but the tank doesn't have function of infiltration and all the stored rainwater will be pumpe
Discharging the rainwater to municipality facilities.
CS-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by mohamed magdy on
Does discharging the collected rainwater to municipality facilities will help with achieving the requirements for credit 6.1 & 6.2? we are following Case1 - path 1, we will reclaim the rainwat
Runoff rate and runoff volume definition
CS-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Noriko Nagazumi on
Michael, Our local regulations usually require rainwater collection facilities that only shift the total runoff between storms instead of infiltrating or reusing the rainwater. Is there a common
Rational Method
CS-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by MKK LEED on
Good Morning, I’m starting with calculations in SS credit 6.1. But I have a question: Can I use the runoff data of the watershed where is located the project?
Retention tank
CS-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Anna Korinkova on
Hi all, We are working on a project in Prague with imperviousness >50% (Case 2).
Calculation of drawdown rate Qr
CS-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Therese Malm on
How is design storm interval determined? I looked into the LEED BD+C Reference Guide on page 97 in the example (last calculation) at the top of the page.
Retaining rainwater for future uses
CS-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Gabriela Hernández Castillo on
Will capturing all rainwater and keep it in a tank for future uses such as cooling towers and irrigation? Our project will not infiltrate it but reuse it instead.