The Thacher School
Ojai, CA | WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN (WMP)
The Thacher School is a residential private school in Ojai CA in the Ventura River Watershed. Thacher’s Water Management Plan (WMP) provides a strategic roadmap towards water resilience goals. The WMP prioritizes uses in context of current and available Best Management Practices (BMPs) to work most efficiently in line with the objectives, goals and management of the Thacher campus and landscape.
WMP Objectives Include:
Increase stewardship and leadership opportunities for Thacher School community
Increase independence of water resources for Thacher School
Reduce water consumption and expenditures from offsite sources
Reduce water consumption from ecologically sensitive sources, such as Thacher Creek
Decrease nutrient loading in San Antonio watershed
Decreasing runoff velocity and volumes during storm events
Recharging groundwater base flows for landscape availability and ecological benefits
potential Impacts Include
21.5 million gallons of water conserved annually
50 million gallons of stormwater treated annually
45 million gallons of streamflow enhancement annually
60 acres of habitat enhancement
(based on average water use year)
Thatcher’s WMP Includes:
Dormitory Laundry Greywater
Dormitory Tank to Toilet (rainwater harvesting to non-potable re-use)
Dormitory Shower Greywater
Equestrian Unit Rainwater Capture and Re-use
Equestrian Unit Stormwater Harvest and Treatment
Faculty Housing Laundry to Landscape
Greywater Athletic Field Water Reuse
Turfgrass Reduction
Compost Project
Mechanical Water re-use
Blackwater tItle 23 project
Agricultural Efficiencies and Learning Labs
Peak Flow Storage and Instream Flow Enhancement
Stormwater re-use Orchard and Groundwater Recharge Project