Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	72.78
Liaison	Kathleen Crawford
Submission Date	May 31, 2024

STARS v2.2

Florida Gulf Coast University
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

0.27 / 4.00

Kathleen Crawford
Sustainability Coordinator
Environmental Health & Safety

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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	98,995,001 Gallons	105,487,470 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	98,995,001 Gallons	86,658,000 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	July 1, 2022	June 30, 2023
Baseline Period	July 1, 2013	June 30, 2014

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	4,768	4,215
Number of employees resident on-site	11	14
Number of other individuals resident on-site	1	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	10,479	8,745
Full-time equivalent of employees	1,600	1,180
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	2,257	278
Weighted campus users	8,562.25	8,292.50

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	11,561.80 Gallons	10,450.17 Gallons

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

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	4,431,954 Gross square feet	4,250,269 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	22.34 Gallons per square foot	20.39 Gallons per square foot

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

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	854.84 Acres	854.84 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	115,805.30 Gallons per acre	123,400.25 Gallons per acre

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

6.15

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:

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

All of the residence halls use low flow shower heads. Biscayne, Palmetto, and Osprey Halls all have dual flush toilets. Wells are no longer used.

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:

Water_Bills_FY_22-23_w_orhl.xlsx

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Note 1. Academic Building 9 water usage is included; although it is for a partial year. Building square footage has not been modified and not included since it was not complete as of our last Greenhouse Gas reporting.

Note 2. Some usage data was missing from Housing invoices, so usage reported is likely overestimated due to using a higher monthly average than the missing months would usually have reported.