Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	69.70
Liaison	Kelly Wellman
Submission Date	Dec. 2, 2021

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Texas A&M University
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

4.00 / 4.00

Nathan Jones
Manager, Water & Envrionmental Services
Utilities & Energy Management

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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:

Low

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

Total water withdrawal (potable and non-potable combined):

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	1,660,952,000 Gallons	3,462,000,000 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	825,680,000 Gallons	1,731,000,000 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	Sept. 1, 2020	Aug. 31, 2021
Baseline Period	Sept. 1, 1990	Aug. 31, 1991

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:

The 1991 baseline represents the end of a relative flat usage trend when water conservation measures were being considered and instituted. The water use trend has been downward since even with the increase in enrollment and occupied square footage on the campus due to the improvements made beginning in 1991.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	10,990	10,814
Number of employees resident on-site	25	172
Number of other individuals resident on-site	16	4
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	61,572	41,171
Full-time equivalent of employees	8,004	7,000
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	1,459	0
Weighted campus users	53,857.50	38,878.75

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	15,330.83 Gallons	44,523.04 Gallons

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

65.57

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	29,603,184 Gross square feet	12,526,000 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	27.89 Gallons per square foot	138.19 Gallons per square foot

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

79.82

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	2,810 Acres	3,500 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	591,086.12 Gallons per acre	989,142.86 Gallons per acre

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

40.24

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:

TAMU uses between 9 and 12 million gallons of treated wastewater effluent each year for local irrigation and equipment washdown at our Main Campus Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Six buildings currently use harvested rainwater.

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

Since 1993 the university's policy is to install the latest water conserving fixtures in any newly constructed or renovated facility.

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

http://utilities.tamu.edu/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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