Overall Rating	Bronze - expired
Overall Score	40.09
Liaison	Allison Jenks
Submission Date	March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

New Mexico State University
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

0.60 / 6.00

Allison Jenks
Facilities Sustainability Manager
Facilities and Services

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

Extremely High

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	837,921,020 Gallons	839,415,900 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	837,127,630 Gallons	837,985,950 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	Jan. 1, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Baseline Period	Jan. 1, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011

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:

We used 2011 for the baseline year because this is the first year we did the STARS report.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	2,915	4,708
Number of employees resident on-site	9	18
Number of other individuals resident on-site	5	202
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	12,008.90	20,936
Full-time equivalent of employees	2,787.70	3,854
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	882.60	1,427
Weighted campus users	11,171.50	18,905.75

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	74,934.22 Gallons	44,324.40 Gallons

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

Part 2. Reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	5,879,746 Gross square feet	5,363,804 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	142.37 Gallons per square foot	156.23 Gallons per square foot

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

8.87

Part 3. Reduction in total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	250 Acres	250 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	3,351,684.08 Gallons per acre	3,357,663.60 Gallons per acre

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

0.18

Optional Fields

A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives:

In 2014 we did the Campus Conservation Nationals which Housing and Residential Life, the Office of Sustainability, and the Facilities and Services Utilities Director all participated. Part of the competition was water reduction as well as energy reduction.

A brief description of the institution's water recovery and reuse initiatives:

Our campus is on a hill that starts at the Organ Mountains to the east and the Rio Grande river to the west. We have many retention ponds that capture the water, areas along sidewalks that divert the water into plantings, and curb cuts in our parking lots that allow the water to run off into landscaped areas.

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace plumbing fixtures, fittings, appliances, equipment, and systems with water-efficient alternatives:

The Facilities and Services department has initiatives and policies where plumbing fixtures and mechanical fittings, as well as our steam system all use the most efficient fixtures possible. Through our Energy Services Agreement thirty buildings were retrofitted with fittings that helped with water efficiency. We also have a program where we are re-insulating all the steam pipes in our underground system. When any old plumbing fixture breaks and needs to be either replaced or repaired, it is policy that we use low-flow fixtures.

Website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency efforts is available:

https://facilities.nmsu.edu/we-care/ecm/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

NMSU 2014 Water System Master Plan Update.pdf

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Baseline year for water use is 2011
Baseline year for vegetated grounds is 2015 (at 250 acres)
NMSU 2014 Water System Master Plan Update: http://bit.ly/2a198RQ