Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 58.51
Liaison Aimee Lemrise
Submission Date Nov. 23, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
OP-26: Water Use

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.12 / 2.00 Justin Harrell
Engineer
Physical Plant Engineering Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Level of water risk for the institution’s main campus:
Low

Total water use (potable and non-potable combined)::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total water use 336,663,782 Gallons 356,809,528 Gallons

Potable water use::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use 336,663,782 Gallons 356,809,528 Gallons

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users"::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 4,698 4,407
Number of residential employees 0 0
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 15,326 17,950
Full-time equivalent of employees 4,930 5,050
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 1,511 1,030

Gross floor area of building space::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area 8,016,425 Square feet 8,023,835 Square feet

Area of vegetated grounds::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds 0 Acres 1 Acres

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2014 June 30, 2015
Baseline Year July 1, 2004 June 30, 2005

A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:
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Water recycled/reused on campus, performance year:
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Recycled/reused water withdrawn from off-campus sources, performance year:
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A brief description of any water recovery and reuse systems employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any water metering and management systems employed by the institution:
Many campus buildings have water meters installed on the service line to the building. All water provided by the City of Carbondale into the campus domestic water system is metered. Both make-up and blow-down water for cooling towers is also metered.

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):
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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:
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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:
We do not currently have data for Vegetated Grounds

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