1. Case Studies
Campus-wide Water Quality
Monitoring System
How much water would Miami University
need to capture?
Future Initiatives for Miami University
Miami’s Stormwater Master Plan
LEED Criteria
Russell Auwae, Jamie Brocker, Carolyn Finocchi, Dianna Zimmerman
Miami University of Ohio
University of Delaware
• Implemented rain gardens, eco-pavers, cobble stone to promote infiltration of
rain water.
• Captured and treated rain water, reduced flooding, educational tool.
Wheaton College Science Center
• Installed a wetland and a dry basin to control the runoff from the storms.
• Put in a vegetated swale along their softball field to filter the stormwater.
• The vegetated swale and the wetland are capable of reducing 80% of the total
suspended solids.
Map of the Science Center at
Wheaton College. The blue area
is the wetland and right below that
is the vegetated swale. The
softball field serves as the dry
basin for overflow during heavy
rain storms (Wheaton College,
2013).
Requirements:
• Design should capture 90% of annual rainfall.
• Must be capable of removing 80% of the average annual post
development total suspended solids (TSS) load based on existing
monitoring reports.
Recommendations:
• BMPs designed in accordance with state or local program with
minimum performance standards.
OR
• Infield performance monitoring data demonstrates compliance of
BMPs with criteria.
Purpose:
To promote treatment and infiltration of
runoff before it reaches nearby water
bodies by using best management
practices (BMPs).
Image on right: Current stormwater quality
near Shriver Center on Spring Street.
Implementation of BMPs for South Patterson Watershed
(KKG, 2011).
All new development
on campus will
consider stormwater
BMPs, such as rain
gardens and pervious
pavement.
Increase the number
of rain gardens and
install pervious
surfaces to allow
water to infiltrate and
recharge groundwater
storage.
Amount of Runoff:
• Currently 229.1 acres of impervious surfaces
• 1 Inch of rainfall=9,979,596 ft3 of runoff
• 9,979,596 *90%=8,981,636 ft3 of runoff would need to be captured
Solutions:
• Porous Concrete/Permeable Pavers
• Vegetated Swales
• Rainwater Harvesting Cisterns
• Rain Gardens
• Infiltration Basins
• Rainfall measurements could be taken by installing rain gauges
around campus to determine the amount of rainfall the campus
receives.
• Automated water sample collection pumps could be installed at
each outfall point located on the map above (KKG, 2011).
• Funding for equipment, installation, and lab analyses could be
secured through the Environmental Protection Agency and the
National Science Foundation.
• Opening research opportunities for Miami faculty and students.
References
KKG, 2013. Miami University Stormwater Management Overlay to the
Campus Exterior Space & Landscape Master Plan.
Wheaton College, 2013.
http://www.wheaton.edu/Stewardship/LEED/The Wheaton
Science-Center/Stormwater Accessed: 17 Apr. 2013.
LEED SS Credit 6.2: Stormwater Quality