Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 45.32
Liaison Jon Bartlow
Submission Date March 4, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Pittsburg State University
OP-26: Water Use

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.27 / 4.00 Tonya Pentola
Physical Plant Supervisor
Physical Plant
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Level of water risk for the institution’s main campus:
Medium to High

Total water use (potable and non-potable combined)::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total water use 23,509,522 Gallons 25,104,137.14 Gallons

Potable water use::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use 23,509,522 Gallons 25,104,137.14 Gallons

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users"::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 1,206 999
Number of residential employees 0 0
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 7,400 6,628
Full-time equivalent of employees 817 841
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 0 0

Gross floor area of building space::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area 2,011,159 Square feet 1,999,000 Square feet

Area of vegetated grounds::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds 3 Acres 3 Acres

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2014 Dec. 31, 2014
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2005 Dec. 31, 2005

A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:

The 2005 baseline was adopted for the previous STARS reporting period and continues to be used for base comparison.


Water recycled/reused on campus, performance year:
0 Gallons

Recycled/reused water withdrawn from off-campus sources, performance year:
0 Gallons

A brief description of any water recovery and reuse systems employed by the institution:

N/A


A brief description of any water metering and management systems employed by the institution:

PSU has building-level metering in 90% of buildings.


A brief description of any building retrofit practices employed by the institution, e.g. to install high efficiency plumbing fixtures and fittings:
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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:
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A brief description of any water-efficient landscape design practices employed by the institution (e.g. xeriscaping):

A dry creek bed was built next to the Tyler Research Center to assist in managing stormwater.
The Crimson Commons Dorms used drought tolerant Bermuda Grass and some plants to reduce watering.


A brief description of any weather-informed irrigation technologies employed by the institution:
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A brief description of other water conservation and efficiency strategies employed by the institution:

University-created Irrigation "rain-day" procedures are followed to manually deactivate irrigation systems when they are not necessary due to weather or other circumstances.


The website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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