In LEED 2009 there was a credit dedicated for reducing waste water or treating it on site.
How does LEED V4 reward onsite treatment?
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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August 31, 2014 - 9:41 pm
Lorne, basically this is covered through encouraging use of alternative water sources, e.g. in this credit higher points can be earned through reducing potable water use including through alternate sources.
Lorne Mlotek
BASc., LEED AP BD+C, O+MLeadingGREEN Training and Consulting Inc, Viridis EC LLC
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September 1, 2014 - 1:23 pm
Right. I do understand that.
I was more curious if you treat the waste water and perhaps do not reuse it. For a basic example, take a lagoon or a septic tank - these were previously awarded points which are no longer from what I can see.
A better example is the eOmega building in upstate NY which uses a living machine: http://www.eomega.org/omega-in-action/key-initiatives/omega-center-for-s...
This treats the water and then dumps it into the aquifer below. Since its not reusing this water it could not be an alternative source and thus not rewarded in any way.
Let me know your thoughts.
Brian Salazar
President, LEED AP, WELL APEntegra Development & Investment, LLC
56 thumbs up
November 14, 2016 - 1:37 pm
Lorne - It looks to me like USGBC removed this credit from their scope entirely.