Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	51.07
Liaison	Adam Maurer
Submission Date	March 31, 2021

STARS v2.2

South Seattle College
OP-21: Water Use

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Adam Maurer
District Sustainability Coordinator
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:

Medium to 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	13,633,247 Gallons	8,193,413 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	13,633,247 Gallons	8,193,413 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	Jan. 1, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Baseline Period	Jan. 1, 2008	Dec. 31, 2008

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:

As a state agency, the Seattle Colleges (including South Seattle College) are required to report annual greenhouse gas emissions in compliance with the State Agency Climate Leadership Act. This act, passed in 2008, established greenhouse gas baseline dates and greenhouse gas reduction targets for all state agencies (2005 baseline for Seattle Colleges). However, we have set our GHG and energy baseline as 2008 for STARS considering the following; 1) this act was not passed until 2008, 2) we did not actively track or take any significant actions to mitigate our GHG emissions or utility usage until 2008, and 3) data reporting and tracking was not systematized until 2008

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	0	0
Number of employees resident on-site	0	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	3,988.30	4,691.80
Full-time equivalent of employees	447.20	507.30
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	39.70	65.80
Weighted campus users	3,296.85	3,849.98

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	4,135.23 Gallons	2,128.17 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	627,320 Gross square feet	592,915 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	21.73 Gallons per square foot	13.82 Gallons per square foot

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

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	98.40 Acres	98.40 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	138,549.26 Gallons per acre	83,266.39 Gallons per acre

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

-66.39

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:

Using rain barrels to charge rain gardens instead of irrigation.

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

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

https://southseattle.edu/sustainability/sustainable-operations

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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