Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.23
Liaison Daimon Eklund
Submission Date Oct. 17, 2012
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of Washington, Seattle
OP-23: Stormwater Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Norm Menter
Energy Resource Conservation Manager
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:
Stormwater Management Program The University of Washington has a series on initiatives to handle the storm water problem. - Public education and outreach on the impacts of stormwater pollution. - Public involvement and participation. - Detection and elimination of illicit discharges. - Construction site stormwater runoff control. - Post-construction stormwater management for new development and redevelopment. - Pollution prevention and good housekeeping for facilities operations. For more information on each initiatives, see following link: http://www.ehs.washington.edu/epowaterqual/smpseattle.pdf

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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:
There are living roofs on some of the new construction and on top of some of the underground parking.

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Does the institution have porous paving?:
No

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A brief description of the institution's porous paving:
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Does the institution have retention ponds?:
No

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A brief description of the institution's retention ponds:
No. Retention ponds are not generally used in the Pacific Northwest. Detention is the typical option. The University is not required, by City of Seattle ordinance, to provided detention for storm water facilities discharging to the City storm system or Lake Washington.

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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?:
Yes

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A brief description of the institution's vegetated swales:
1 typical 200 foot biofitration swale and 1 water quality swale.

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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:
Stormfilters by Contech Stormwater solutions (about 18 cartridges total) and 2 stormceptor products are currently in use. We also have 2 rain gardens and 1 bioretention facility

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