Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.06
Liaison Allie Schwartz
Submission Date April 14, 2015
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Columbia University
OP-26: Water Use

Status Score Responsible Party
-- 0.00 / 4.00 Dan Held
Assistant Vice President
Strategic Communications, Columbia University Facilities and Operations

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Columbia's rain gardens collect water from surrounding rooftops and uses the root systems of native plants to absorb storm water and filter it from pollutants. It also reduces the amount of water needed to water the plants in the community garden.
http://gosustainable.blogspot.com/2010/11/rain-garden-is-coming-to-russell.html

Columbia's irrigation system:
http://facilities.columbia.edu/new-irrigation-system-sustainable-coup-scorching-summer

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