Post-Construction Stormwater Management

The goal of this program is to minimize the adverse effects of development by implementing post-construction requirements to accomplish the following: minimize downstream flooding and erosion, remove pollutants (sediment, nutrients, bacteria, and heavy metals), and encourage infiltration of rainfall to replenish groundwater and maintain stable base flow in streams. The University’s program requires peak flow attenuation, runoff volume control, and nutrient management criteria to be addressed during the design phase of each project; most often these requirements are met by installing a stormwater control measure (SCM).   The University maintains over 100 SCMs on campus; these include bioretention devices, stormwater wetlands, wet ponds, dry ponds, green roofs, grassed swales, level spreaders, and sand filters.