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System manages the 1:5 and 1:100 year event - compliant?
NC-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Lindsey Kindrat on
In my region, the DP requires that the major storm system be designed to convey runoff from the 1:100yr event (and minor system to convey the 1:5yr event).
Run-off calculations for a site with future extensions
NC-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Valentin Grimaud on
Dear community, We certify a project that will have two extensions in the future. Because of this we cannot earn crédits SSc5.1 and SSc5.2 as per the MPR.
Off site stormwater handling
NC-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Alicia Freire on
Can we obtain this credit for a site that already has natural drainage systems surrounding it, i.e. outside the site boundary? The water that falls on the site is taken care of in a natural way.
Stormwater Harvesting and Runoff Queries
NC-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Greg Kight on
We have a tall office building that has a cistern for rainwater harvesting. I have two related questions: 1.
Unavailable rainfall data
NC-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Magda Aghababyan on
Hello, We have a project in Sri Lanka where we try to attempt this credit via percentile rainfall event option. However we find difficulty of getting continuous 30 year rainfall data.
unit (cf/storm)
NC-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Ameet AA on
My project is using Option 1: Design stroms,Case 2 :Site with existing imperviousness mote than 50% LEED online template V 5.0 Table 6.1-3 Site runoff: Two year,24 hour Design storm quantity is r
Option 1, Case 1, Stream Channel Protection
NC-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Adi Negara, LEED AP BD+C on
Hi all, We have a new construction project that is to build 30 ha factory, however the owner decided only to pursue LEED certification for the office building site, a small portion of the factory
Question about sizing the silt trap
NC-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Magda Aghababyan on
Hi, We are trying to pursue both storm water quality control and quantity control credits.
Rainfall Event Interval
NC-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Alicia Freire on
Hello, I was wondering if someone could clarify how is the Rainfall Event Interval required to calculate the minimum drawdownrate for a tank calculated. Is this something we need to calculate?
Design Respons from GBCI C6.1
NC-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Controlposted by Veronika Sundberg on
Hej, We got feedback from our design submittal with the following technical advice: “Rainfall intensity is normally dependent on the time of concentration.