Site-Constrained Stormwater Discharge Exception
Living Building Challenge·clause WT-001·p.160
The requirement
Living Building Challenge Program Manual clause WT-001 — words not shown. Read it at the source. The publisher reserves the right to its wording and sells access to it. The clause is held and cited here, and its words are read at the source.
The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.
How it is proven
- Evidence required
- Calculations showing that the discharged quantities do not exceed historic runoff volumes from the site; and A narrative explaining the optimized strategy in light of site-based opportunities and limitations in each of these categories: Evaporation/Evapotranspiration, Infiltration, Beneficial Reuse, Ecological Benefit
- Who checks it
- Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake
How Klar Cite classifies it
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- What it asks
- Have in place — a plan, procedure or system the applicant must operate
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Impact area
- Ecosystem Health — the CMF area the clause addresses
- Refers to
- Table 5 — places elsewhere in the document
Cite this clause
Living Building Challenge · Living Building Challenge Program Manual · version 4.1 · clause WT-001 · page 160 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/6a5821b15b90f41d
Record details
Page 160. Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.
uid 6a5821b15b90f41d · document 117acb9730a17078 · fidelity verbatim · published 2026-01