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Sustainable practices on campus can help achieve Storm Water Compliance

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

C. Eliana BrownStorm Water Coordinator

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•MS4

•BLUE

•Future Projects

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MS4

Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System

BMP = Best Management Practice

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BMPs

Best Management Practices

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BMPs

Best Management Practice

Expressly prohibit illegal discharges from entering the storm sewer system.

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BMPs

Best Management Practice

Campus Administrative Manual Section V/B - 3.1

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BMPs

Best Management Practice Develop a construction standard that requires new storm sewer inlets to have storm water protection warnings.

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BMPs

Best Management Practice

Facilitate student storm stenciling projects.

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BMPs

Best Management Practice

Provide annual spill prevention training to employees who regularly handle oil.

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BMPs

Best Management Practice

Identify priority areas likely to have illicit discharges.

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BMPs

Best Management Practice Limit vehicle cleaning to the campus car wash facility to prevent wash water from reaching the storm sewer or the ground.

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BMPs

Best Management Practice Require campus construction projects (>1 acre) to have a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan that minimizes erosion runoff.

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BMPs

Best Management Practice

Identify plant material at new construction developments sites to be retained and preserved during construction.

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BMPs

Best Management Practice Reduce, or at a minimum, maintain the existing peak storm water runoff characteristics of all land and buildings.

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BLUE

Building a Lasting University Environment

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Faculty/Student Project

• Facilities & Services (F&S) partner with Faculty/Students teams.• F&S provides funding.

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Faculty/Student Project

The projects: • Add value to an F&S scheduled project.• Provide opportunity to support academic research and involve students.• Provide a sustainability demonstration site on campus.

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Faculty/Student Project

Porous pavement parking lot

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• Gold rating• Roof top gardens• Bioswale• Snout device

LEED certified building

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Future…

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Rain Garden

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Rain Barrel

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