Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	54.32
Liaison	Emma Parsley
Submission Date	Dec. 12, 2022

STARS v2.2

Texas State University, San Marcos
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

4.38 / 5.00

James Vollrath
Director
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	391,620,658 Gallons	482,261,911 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	272,376,822 Gallons	348,682,107 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	Jan. 1, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Baseline Period	Sept. 1, 2011	Aug. 31, 2012

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:

Baseline year selected based on the context of the State Energy Conservation
Office (SECO) mandated SB 898 report.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	6,713	5,552
Number of employees resident on-site	27	27
Number of other individuals resident on-site	26	26
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	30,095	22,331
Full-time equivalent of employees	3,756	3,003
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	1,283	937
Weighted campus users	26,137	19,718.50

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	10,421.12 Gallons	17,682.99 Gallons

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

41.07

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	8,667,399 Gross square feet	7,102,422 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	31.43 Gallons per square foot	49.09 Gallons per square foot

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

35.99

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	800 Acres	800 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	489,525.82 Gallons per acre	602,827.39 Gallons per acre

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

18.80

Optional Fields

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

Continued to push energy conservation objectives that reduce the volume of potable water used for industrial makeup. Continued initiatives with replacing fixtures with low-flow units. All new fixtures are equipped with low flow assemblies.

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

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

Low-flow fixtures have been installed at various buildings through out the San Marcos campus.

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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