| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.99 |
| Liaison | Megan Butler |
| Submission Date | July 18, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Macalester College
OP-26: Water Use
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.00 / 3.00 |
Nathan
Lief Facilities Director Facilities |
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Level of water risk for the institution’s main campus:
Low to Medium
Total water use (potable and non-potable combined)::
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Total water use | 26,808,320 Gallons | 21,040,076 Gallons |
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Potable water use::
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Potable water use | 26,808,320 Gallons | 21,040,076 Gallons |
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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users"::
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Number of residential students | 0 | 0 |
| Number of residential employees | 0 | 0 |
| Number of in-patient hospital beds | 0 | 0 |
| Full-time equivalent enrollment | 2,047 | 1,872 |
| Full-time equivalent of employees | 567 | 542 |
| Full-time equivalent of distance education students | 0 | 0 |
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Gross floor area of building space::
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Gross floor area | 1,392,731 Square feet | 1,351,585 Square feet |
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Area of vegetated grounds::
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Vegetated grounds | 11 Acres | 11 Acres |
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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
| Start Date | End Date | |
| Performance Year | June 1, 2012 | May 31, 2013 |
| Baseline Year | June 1, 2007 | May 31, 2008 |
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A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:
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Water recycled/reused on campus, performance year:
0
Gallons
None
Recycled/reused water withdrawn from off-campus sources, performance year:
0
Gallons
None
A brief description of any water recovery and reuse systems employed by the institution:
none
None
A brief description of any water metering and management systems employed by the institution:
Markim Hall has a system that monitors all water usage and updates it to a publicly available database every fifteen minutes.
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A brief description of any building retrofit practices employed by the institution, e.g. to install high efficiency plumbing fixtures and fittings:
The majority of sink faucets have been converted to use 1.5 GPM aerators.
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A brief description of any policies or programs employed by the institution to replace appliances, equipment and systems with water-efficient alternatives:
Macalester is using low flow shower heads. Approximately 90% use 2.5 GPM aerators.
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A brief description of any water-efficient landscape design practices employed by the institution (e.g. xeriscaping):
Macalester has adopted, through the prairie restoration project and the Markim Hall landscaping considerations, planted low maintenance native grasses into landscape plans. This practices has recently been formalized in the 2011 Sustainable Landscape Plan which takes into account the plan and design, and appropriate plant selection aspects of xeriscaping.
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A brief description of any weather-informed irrigation technologies employed by the institution:
The Grounds department has rain sensors that turn off the irrigation system while it is raining so as not to contribute to stormwater runoff.
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A brief description of other water conservation and efficiency strategies employed by the institution:
A student, as part of an internship, convinced the college to retrofit college sinks and lower-flow aerators.
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The website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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