Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 57.84 |
Liaison | Paul Edlund |
Submission Date | Feb. 19, 2019 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Montana State University
OP-22: Water Use
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.69 / 5.00 |
Duke
Elliott Resource Conservation Engineer Facilities Services |
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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:
Medium to High
Part 1
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total water use | 210,436,507 Gallons | 254,594,822 Gallons |
Potable water use:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use | 157,666,507 Gallons | 178,604,822 Gallons |
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date | End Date | |
Performance Year | July 1, 2015 | June 30, 2016 |
Baseline Year | July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2008 |
If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:
We adopted the 2007-2008 baseline year because of the availability of reliable data in that year and the alignment with the start of MSU Climate Action Plan the following year.
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 3,681.30 | 2,678 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 226 | 0 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds | 0 | 0 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 15,124.35 | 10,153 |
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty) | 1,741 | 2,890 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 465.20 | 0 |
Weighted campus users | 13,276.94 | 10,451.75 |
Potable water use per weighted campus user:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use per weighted campus user | 11,875.22 Gallons | 17,088.51 Gallons |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per weighted campus user from baseline:
30.51
Part 2
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Gross floor area | 4,625,109 Gross square feet | 4,243,259 Gross square feet |
Potable water use per unit of floor area:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use per unit of floor area | 34.09 Gallons per square foot | 42.09 Gallons per square foot |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area from baseline:
19.01
Part 3
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Area of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Vegetated grounds | 200 Acres | 200 Acres |
Total water use (potable + non-potable) per unit of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds | 1,052,182.54 Gallons per acre | 1,272,974.11 Gallons per acre |
Percentage reduction in total water use per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:
17.34
Optional Fields
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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):
MSU has actively been evaluating faucet and shower head flow rates. Our standard is 1.5 gpm for shower heads and .5 gpm for faucets. In the past year, we replaced approximately 300 faucets and 170 shower heads with an anticipated savings of 4.2 million gallons of water per year. In addition, this retrofit alone results in $45,000 in water and energy cost savings.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Only buildings that are served by MSU utilities are included in this report.
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