Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	67.93
Liaison	Emily Zabanah
Submission Date	Feb. 1, 2024

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Seneca Polytechnic
OP-21: Water Use

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Responsible Party

6.00 / 6.00

Courtney Hayes
Sustainability Specialist - Operations
Office of Sustainability

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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:

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	79,673.76 Cubic meters	167,754 Cubic meters

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	79,673.76 Cubic meters	167,754 Cubic meters

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	Jan. 1, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Baseline Period	April 1, 2015	March 31, 2016

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:

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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	847	1,042
Number of employees resident on-site	6	6
Number of other individuals resident on-site	5	365
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	36,886	26,361
Full-time equivalent of employees	2,997	1,661
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	23
Weighted campus users	30,130.50	21,626.25

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	2.64 Cubic meters	7.76 Cubic meters

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

65.91

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	270,631 Gross square meters	219,147.10 Gross square meters

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	0.29 Cubic meters per square meter	0.77 Cubic meters per square meter

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

61.54

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	2,821,354 Hectares	0 Hectares

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	0.03 Cubic meters per hectare	414,529.33 Cubic meters per hectare

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

100.00

Optional Fields

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

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

- Rainwater greywater systems at Newnham and CITE
- King campus solely uses water from its underground aquifer. Wastewater then gets treated on-site and is sprayed on designated campus fields to eventually help replenish the aquifer.
- A small rainwater harvesting system in new building A
- A rainwater harvesting system for the irrigation at CITE.

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

Any project we undertake since the past 5 years, we request the consultants to specify low water flow fixtures.

All campuses continue the initiative to replace all plumbing fixtures will low flow fixtures or low flow outlets/heads (including residences).

Water systems used in cooling are equipped with add-ons to minimize water loss through spray and evaporation.

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:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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