Our project's environmental site assessment has documented a gully resulting from the runoff of the adjacent site dumping into our site. We are using this water for our cooling towers and irrigation. I think we can consider this nuisance water and comply with this credit's intent. Thoughts? Thanks!
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William Weaver
LEED Fellow, WELL APJLL
181 thumbs up
January 7, 2015 - 10:42 am
That's a tough one. Some reviewers will probably interpret the gully as a drainage/irrigation ditch and consider it a potential source of potable water. Your best bet is to provide a narrative describing it as nuisance water, and explain how it is being captured for reuse along with details of the size/capacity of the containment.
Tamary Alvarez
LEED AP BD+C, Sustainability & Commissioning SpecialistCommissioning Agents Inc.
January 21, 2015 - 8:22 am
Thanks William!