Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	72.81
Liaison	Ian Johnson
Submission Date	March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

Colorado College
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

5.00 / 5.00

"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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

Medium to High

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	55,237,808.10 Gallons	99,862,583.27 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	26,750,899.41 Gallons	49,859,040.58 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	July 1, 2020	June 30, 2021
Baseline Period	July 1, 2008	June 30, 2009

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:

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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	1,714	1,542
Number of employees resident on-site	96	25
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	2,270	1,978.50
Full-time equivalent of employees	846	626
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	0
Weighted campus users	2,789.50	2,345.13

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	26,750,899.41 Gallons	49,859,040.58 Gallons

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

54.89

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	2,271,819.09 Gross square feet	2,002,259.56 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	11.78 Gallons per square foot	24.90 Gallons per square foot

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

52.71

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	38.70 Acres	35.51 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	1,427,454.59 Gallons per acre	2,812,312.98 Gallons per acre

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

49.24

Optional Fields

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

Colorado College has instituted specific staff training as well as the installation of sub meters on large water consuming infrastructure such as the pool, cooling structures, etc. Building automation is used to identify larger than normal fill volumes.

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

Landscape zones are irrigated with City of Colorado Springs-supplied non-potable water, a combination of raw water from a local reservoir and treated domestic wastewater. Additionally, CC has started recovering grey water in the central heating plant to condense flu gas and recover heat.

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

In general, Colorado College has phased in efficient water fixtures as older ones have retired. Fixture retrofits have included outfitting existing faucets with low-flow faucet aerators, replacing shower heads, replacing tank and flush valve toilets with low-flow models, and upgrading urinals to current standards. In 2012, while renovating Worner Student Center and Rastall Dining Hall, the College replaced the existing dishwasher with a more efficient one and retrofitted toilets and urinals with low-flow units. Recently, the Facilities department updated the Bemis shower fixtures to be more efficient.

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

https://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/facilities/energy-management/CC%202020%20Annual%20Energy%20Report.pdf

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

This data is from the 2019-2020 academic year as implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic limited comprehensive campus energy usage information.

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