Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	48.56
Liaison	Alan Turnquist
Submission Date	July 8, 2020
Executive Letter	Download

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Michigan Technological University
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

0.77 / 4.00

Jay Meldrum
Executive Director of Sustainability
Facilities Management

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

Low

Part 1

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use	---	77,645,630.34 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	75,199,867.01 Gallons	77,645,630.34 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	July 1, 2018	June 30, 2019
Baseline Year	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:

It is important to note that total water consumption data for the university only includes potable water- this is why the numbers for total and potable are equivalent.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	2,880	2,950
Number of employees resident on-site	16	4
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	6,796	6,469
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	1,845.98	1,404.50
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	0
Weighted campus users	7,205.49	6,643.63

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	10,436.48 Gallons	11,687.24 Gallons

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

10.70

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	3,493,469 Gross square feet	3,370,065 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	21.53 Gallons per square foot	23.04 Gallons per square foot

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

6.57

Part 3

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in total water use per acre/hectare of vegetated grounds):

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
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Total water use (potable + non-potable) per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds	---	---

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

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Optional Fields

A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives, e.g. initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices such as signage and competitions:

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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 (e.g. building retrofits):

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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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