Overall Rating | Bronze |
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Overall Score | 41.51 |
Liaison | Lori Chance |
Submission Date | May 16, 2024 |
Messiah University
OP-21: Water Use
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.16 / 4.00 |
Brandon
Hoover Director of Sustainability Operations |
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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:
Low
Total water withdrawal (potable and non-potable combined):
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total water withdrawal | 29,876,993 Gallons | 37,008,000 Gallons |
Potable water use:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use | 28,258,500 Gallons | 36,778,000 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, 2007 | June 30, 2008 |
A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:
Baseline year of fiscal year 2008 was chosen because this is the year that Messiah conducted in first GHG inventory and signed the Climate Commitment
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 1,945 | 2,426 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 14 | 14 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site | 14 | 14 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 3,231 | 2,794 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 682 | 650 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 385 | 0 |
Weighted campus users | 3,149.75 | 3,207 |
Potable water use per weighted campus user:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use per weighted campus user | 8,971.66 Gallons | 11,468.04 Gallons |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per weighted campus user from baseline:
21.77
Gross floor area of building space:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Gross floor area | 1,587,703 Gross square feet | 1,317,672 Gross square feet |
Potable water use per unit of floor area:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use per unit of floor area | 17.80 Gallons per square foot | 27.91 Gallons per square foot |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area from baseline:
36.23
Area of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Vegetated grounds | 46 Acres | 46 Acres |
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds | 649,499.85 Gallons per acre | 804,521.74 Gallons per acre |
Percentage reduction in total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:
19.27
A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives:
The college has not done as much to address individual behavior changes; however, many of the efforts involved installing low flow shower heads or taking vegetative space (grass) out of watering and mow production.
A brief description of the institution's water recovery and reuse initiatives:
The campus garden uses water collection to water its garden and collects over 2,000 gallons of water each year
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace plumbing fixtures, fittings, appliances, equipment, and systems with water-efficient alternatives:
automatiflush
showerheads,
airators on sinks
showerheads,
airators on sinks
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:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Potable water data -
FY2023 - Suez water - 28,258,500 gallons of billable potable water used on campus
Other water - SRBC (water pulled from the yellow breeches)
SRBC - Susquehanna River Basin Commission - Data on non-potable water pulled from the Yellow Breeches
FY2023 - 1,618,493 gallons pulled from the yellow breeches
Messiah is given a permit to pull water from the Yellow Breeches Creek which runs through campus. it is used for irrigating athletic fields and other vegetative spaces. This makes the total water use much higher.
FY2023 - Suez water - 28,258,500 gallons of billable potable water used on campus
Other water - SRBC (water pulled from the yellow breeches)
SRBC - Susquehanna River Basin Commission - Data on non-potable water pulled from the Yellow Breeches
FY2023 - 1,618,493 gallons pulled from the yellow breeches
Messiah is given a permit to pull water from the Yellow Breeches Creek which runs through campus. it is used for irrigating athletic fields and other vegetative spaces. This makes the total water use much higher.
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