Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	70.62
Liaison	Darcy Coughlan
Submission Date	Dec. 22, 2022

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Coastal Carolina University
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

2.02 / 4.00

Darcy Coughlan
Associate Director
Sustain Coastal

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Level of ”Physical Risk Quantity” for the institution’s main campus as indicated by the World Resources Institute Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:

Low to Medium

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

Total water withdrawal (potable and non-potable combined):

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	278,743.92 Cubic meters	330,273.24 Cubic meters

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	278,743.92 Cubic meters	330,273.24 Cubic meters

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	July 1, 2021	June 30, 2022
Baseline Period	July 1, 2017	June 30, 2018

If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:

A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:

FY 18 was selected in an attempt to align baseline years across reporting areas. This makes it easier to report weighted campus users and ensures that we are using consistent data sets to compare baseline and performance years.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	4,651	4,236
Number of employees resident on-site	12	15
Number of other individuals resident on-site	2	6
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	9,895	10,663
Full-time equivalent of employees	1,439	1,397
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	347	281
Weighted campus users	9,408	9,903

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	29.63 Cubic meters	33.35 Cubic meters

Percentage reduction in potable water use per weighted campus user from baseline:

11.16

Part 2. Reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	272,856.39 Gross square meters	262,980.24 Gross square meters

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	1.02 Cubic meters per square meter	1.26 Cubic meters per square meter

Percentage reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area from baseline:

18.66

Part 3. Reduction in total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	189.39 Hectares	189.39 Hectares

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	1,471.78 Cubic meters per hectare	1,743.85 Cubic meters per hectare

Percentage reduction in total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:

15.60

Optional Fields

A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives:

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A brief description of the institution's water recovery and reuse initiatives:

The University reuses and reclaims water for irrigation through the ponds and rain barrels in the greenhouse area.

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace plumbing fixtures, fittings, appliances, equipment, and systems with water-efficient alternatives:

All buildings are required to have low-flow water systems per LEED requirements by the state.

Website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency efforts is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

FY_18__21_Water_Use.xlsx

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Potable Water Data: Facilities Planning and Management provided the water usage by building for FY 18 and FY 21. The information does not include water usage for University Place, but does include water usage for Hackler Golf Course and Main Campus Athletic Fields.

Weighted Campus User Data: IRAA Fall Fact books and IRAA
Gross Square Footage: https://www.coastal.edu/media/2015ccuwebsite/contentassets/documents/iraa/universityfactbooks/Fact%20Book%202017.pdf