Hello: This project is in Rural India. Water and Waste Water systems are generally responsibility of developers rather than municipalities. Although the site is in municipal boundry, the municipality doesn't take responsibility of planning water and wasterwater system but will give permission to developer to build it. I am submitting the form called SLL pre-requisite survey detailing that local government is not responsible to provide this service to the site and has not delineated this area yet. I am hoping this should be ok. I would appreciate your comments.
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Gurpreet Misra
President/CEOBuilt2Perform
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August 22, 2011 - 2:28 pm
Just to explain it more, the site will not be under 'planned' water and wasterwater system as the way it works in rural India is plan per demand. And my confusion is how this will impact the requirement under SLL for site to be located in existing or planned water and waste water infrastructure.
Eliot Allen
LEED AP-ND, PrincipalCriterion Planners
LEEDuser Expert
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August 26, 2011 - 1:46 pm
Gurpreet, the fact that Indian local governments do not maintain existing or planned water and wastewater service areas is an SLLp1 complication that you may want to resolve by submitting a credit interpretation request (CIR) before proceeding any further. By submitting a CIR first, you'll obtain a ruling that will allow you to proceed with confidence on SLLp1.
Gurpreet Misra
President/CEOBuilt2Perform
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September 1, 2011 - 9:59 am
Thank you so much for your reply. We are planning on submitting CIR before registering the project.
Gurpreet Misra
President/CEOBuilt2Perform
22 thumbs up
September 1, 2011 - 10:37 am
We also have to resolve the issue of septic tanks as LEED ND, septic tanks are not allowed, but in this region of India, even in some mature city/towns that is the way it is done.
Eliot Allen
LEED AP-ND, PrincipalCriterion Planners
LEEDuser Expert
303 thumbs up
September 2, 2011 - 4:50 pm
Gurpreet, it is important to note that SLLp1 requires a project location inside water and wastewater service areas, and the provision of such services, but not necessarly from government systems. In other words, as long as a project can demonstrate that it's within a community-accepted area of infrastructure service, the project is free to use any independent means or technologies to achieve the service, e.g. onsite septic treatment, as long as the technologies are accptable to local regulatory officials.