Roof Leader Disconnection

Cei to assess the benefits of implementing a residential roof leader disconnection program in the pennichuck brook watershed specifically focusing on the more urban communities of nashua amherst and merrimack.

Roof leader disconnection.

Disconnect your roof leader for a roof that is 1 000 square feet in size it is possible for more than 600 gallons of storm runoff to be produced for every 1 inch of rain. Verify consistency between the green roof disconnection area information provided on the plans and that which is provided on the pwd stormwater plan review online technical worksheet. Re vegetation roof leader disconnection soil amendments tree boxes tree preservation. Roof leader disconnection program during 2013 pennichuck water works pennichuck worked with comprehensive environmental inc.

Verify that the green roof design meets all applicable design guidance checklist standards noted in appendix f 9 green roofs. Roof leader can also be discharged to rain barrel or cistern which temporarily store the rainfall for other uses e g watering lawn. Rooftop disconnection is strongly recommended in the coastal plain for roof or other impervious areas on most residential lots greater than 6 000 square feet particularly if it can be combined with a secondary micro practice to increase small scale runoff reduction. By disconnecting your roof leader or downspout you can prevent that water from entering our sewer system and causing sewage backups and overflows.

Downspout disconnection is the process of separating roof downspouts from the sewer system and redirecting roof runoff onto pervious surfaces most commonly a lawn. Leaders who avoid personal interaction or shy away from social media for all the wrong reasons are likely fearful leaders. Oddly enough the biggest sign of a fearful leader is when a leader fails to engage. Painting a false sense of utopian reality doesn t help anyone.

This reduces the amount of directly connected impervious area in a drainage area. The downspout is cut about 8 inches above the standpipe to allow the elbow to fit and direct water away from the foundation. Leadership is a contagion good or bad. We need to be honest about the present struggles as we paint a picture of a better future.

6 shows the favourable and unfavourable situations for downspout disconnections.