Could you please give me an advice regarding question 1?
Our cistern is designed to store the volume that is required in this credit – the predevelopmet runoff is 90 m3, the post development runoff is 130 m3 and the difference 40 m3 we would like to store in the cistern (60 m3). The captured rainwater is reused for flushing – the need of water for flushing is 4 m3 per day that means, we could empty the cistern in 10 days after design storm. I think this assumption is not sufficient in order to meet the credit requirements.
We must declare that we reuse all the captured rainwater as states upwards. Is it sufficient to calculate annual balance of rainwater that is captured by the cistern and the amount of water that is reused for flushing in monthly steps? Which time step do you recommend?
Another question: which part of the monthly rainwater volume I must reuse for flushing to meet the requirement of SS6.1? I think it is not necessary to reuse all the rainwater because the credit requires retaining the predevelopment conditions (90 m3 during design storm). Is it for example possible to reuse 30% of the monthly rainwater volume to meet the content of this credit (30 % results from the design storm – we must capture 30 % of rainwater = 40m3/130 m3 to meet the requirement).
Could you describe briefly how it is possible to declare sufficient volume of the cistern and water for reuse?
Thanks a lot!
Michael DeVuono
Regional Stormwater LeaderArcadis North America
LEEDuser Expert
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March 21, 2013 - 7:36 am
I would (and have) done simple hand calculations that show the Delta-2 year volume is 1412.59ft^3 (sorry I need to do this in English units), and this is how I intend to solve this:
1412.59 ft^3 = 10,566.1732 gallons.
Toilet = 1.6 gallon/flush
(100 people)(4 flush/day) = (400 flush/day)(1.6 gpf) = 640 gpd
10,566.1732/640 = 16.5 days
Of course, substitute your own numbers.
You are dealing with 1 and 2-year runoff volumes, not monthly volumes. Don't make this more complicated than it needs to be....simply calculate the delta and go from there.
Hope this helps you on your way.