Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	65.17
Liaison	Lisa Mitten
Submission Date	March 2, 2023

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State University of New York at New Paltz
OP-21: Water Use

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Lisa Mitten
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Campus 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	65,124,936 Gallons	48,562,080 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	65,124,936 Gallons	48,562,080 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	Jan. 1, 2022	Jan. 30, 2022
Baseline Period	Jan. 1, 2021	Jan. 30, 2021

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:

Up until October 1, 2019, the Village of New Paltz used building-level meters to quantify water usage by campus. Beginning October 1, 2019, the Village of New Paltz began using new master meters installed on main meters entering campus. We could have used October 2019 as the beginning of the baseline, but we elected instead to use a full calendar year as the baseline so we would only need to take into consideration campus residents numbers and FTEs of students and employees for two semesters, instead of three. Please note that this baseline year also includes lower periods of residence hall occupancy during the COVID pandemic. For this credit, we took the average number of student residents in the fall and spring semesters.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	2,786	1,945
Number of employees resident on-site	16	16
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	6,404	6,347
Full-time equivalent of employees	1,037	1,054
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	242	1,904
Weighted campus users	6,099.75	4,613

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	10,676.66 Gallons	10,527.22 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	2,272,779 Gross square feet	2,272,779 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	28.65 Gallons per square foot	21.37 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	190 Acres	190 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	342,762.82 Gallons per acre	255,589.89 Gallons per acre

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

-34.11

Optional Fields

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

SUNY New Paltz held a water conservation campaign called Slow the Flow: Save H20 in the Fall of 2018 and the fall of 2019.

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

Based on water usage patterns and identified opportunities to decrease water consumption as determined through historical water usage analysis by building, the Slow the Flow water conservation campaign focused on water conservation efforts in the following areas:
- grounds outdoor water use (ie. the athletic fields)
- main residential dining hall, Peregrine Dining Hall through staff behavioral change, especially at the commercial dish washing machine
- student behavioral change for water conservation in residence halls

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

Low flow showers, toilets, and faucets are specified in our campus design standards.

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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