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Water and Stormwater SWATeam (Ongoing)

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  • Stormwater grad student sought

    8/21/2023
    Hi sustainability friends,I have funding for a grad student to assist our stormwater efforts for the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy. Specifically, I’m looking for someone to find and curate stormwater outreach products and identify gaps. No...

  • Thank you to all FY19 SWATeams

    8/21/2019
    Dear FY19 SWATeam members, As another academic year is about to begin, we want to first thank you for all of your help moving campus toward the goals outlined in the Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP). Each of the six SWATeams worked on multiple...
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Description

The Water SWATeam will focus upon conserving potable water and handling storm water in a sustainable manner.

Background

This team focuses on the 2015 iCAP objectives for Chapter 5, including:

5.1 Obtain and publicize more granular water use data by FY16, including water quantity and quality data where available

5.2 Improve the water efficiency of cooling towers by limiting the amount discharged to sewer to less than 20% of water intake for chiller plant towers, and less than 33% for stand-alone building towers, by FY20

5.3 Perform a water audit to establish water conservation targets — and determine upper limits for water demand by end-use — for incorporation into facilities standards by FY16.

5.4 Inventory and benchmark campus’ existing landscape performance by FY17

5.5 Through an open solicitation process, implement at least four pilot projects to showcase the potential of water and/or stormwater reuse by FY20, with the objective of implementing a broader program by FY25

5.6 Investigate the water quality impacts of stormwater runoff and potential ways to reduce stormwater pollutant discharges by FY18

 

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Project Team

  • Primary Contact:

    Valerie Ramirez

    Project Leader:

    Art Schmidt

    Team Members:

    • Rabin Bhattarai
    • Keith Erickson
    • Kishore Rajagopalan
    • John Berens
    • Claire Samojedny

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Project details last updated on: 8/23/2019. Check Project Updates for recent activity.