Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 79.72
Liaison Emma Blandford
Submission Date Feb. 7, 2012
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Georgia Institute of Technology
OP-22: Water Consumption

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.55 / 7.00 Marcia Kinstler
Sustainability Director
Office of Environmental Stewardship
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Water consumption, 2005 baseline year:
317,064,195 Gallons

Water consumption, performance year :
357,961,929 Gallons

On-campus residents, 2005:
7,200

Full-time, non-residential/commuter students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
15,000

Part-time, non-residential/commuter students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
920

On-campus residents, performance year:
9,540

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
18,441

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
1,286

The website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Georgia Tech was reduced its water consumption per gsf by 23% between 2001 and 2007. All fixtures have updated to be low flow.

Additionally, non-potable water is used for approximately 50% of irrigation. Smart irrigation is also in place across campus.

Georgia Tech has worked for many years to reduce water leaks on campus. We have also worked with the City to identify where all of the water meters were on campus. Recently, Georgia Tech's water conservation efforts met with the mixed blessings of the City being able to bill for all meters on campus, after many years of working together to make it happen. Prior to being fully metered and billed, we had made significant progress in reducing our known water consumption. Now, with more complete metering and billing, our water consumption has gone up inspite of our many efforts to conserve water. We will work to renew our many efforts to reduce water consumption and conserve this precious resource.


Georgia Tech was reduced its water consumption per gsf by 23% between 2001 and 2007. All fixtures have updated to be low flow.

Additionally, non-potable water is used for approximately 50% of irrigation. Smart irrigation is also in place across campus.

Georgia Tech has worked for many years to reduce water leaks on campus. We have also worked with the City to identify where all of the water meters were on campus. Recently, Georgia Tech's water conservation efforts met with the mixed blessings of the City being able to bill for all meters on campus, after many years of working together to make it happen. Prior to being fully metered and billed, we had made significant progress in reducing our known water consumption. Now, with more complete metering and billing, our water consumption has gone up inspite of our many efforts to conserve water. We will work to renew our many efforts to reduce water consumption and conserve this precious resource.

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