my client is using treated gray water for landscape irrigation which is metered. we need to establish the mid-summer baseline irrigation water use. the project is located in asia. how do we get this data?
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Pablo Fortunato Suarez
Principal ESD Consultant/ArchitectGreenArc Sustainable Building & Architecture
253 thumbs up
July 16, 2010 - 6:59 am
can we resort to alternative compliance path since 100% of irrigation is coming from treated gray water? - this has been in place for the past 2-1/2 years.
Dan Ackerstein
PrincipalAckerstein Sustainability, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
819 thumbs up
July 16, 2010 - 11:53 am
In your situation with 100% of your irrigation water coming from a non-potable, non-natural source (reclaimed water), your compliance with the credit is basically automatic. Using an alternative compliance path to document this is the right way to go.
Alexa Stone
ecoPreserve: Building Sustainability134 thumbs up
June 16, 2011 - 11:18 pm
I'm 99.9% sure the above answered my questioned but I wanted to confirm that if the project site uses 100% reclaimed water from the municipal irrigation system, we should take the alternative compliance path. I am only doubting my judgement because the above scenarios sounded like the reclaim systems were on site and our situation is not within project boundary but in the immediate area. Thank you
Dan Ackerstein
PrincipalAckerstein Sustainability, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
819 thumbs up
June 19, 2011 - 4:59 pm
Consider it confirmed Jeff - the reclaimed water does not have to come exclusively (or even partially) from your project site, nor does the reclamation system need to be on your site. No requirement of that nature exists in the credit language.
Dan