Overall Rating Reporter
Overall Score
Liaison Brian Webb
Submission Date March 5, 2025

STARS v3.0

The College of Wooster
OP-3: Water Use

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Brian Webb
Director of Campus Sustainability
President's Office
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3.1 Potable water use per person

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

Performance year for water use:
2024

Peer group:
Baccalaureate colleges and boarding schools

Potable water from off-site sources:
86,709 Cubic meters

Reclaimed water from off-site sources:
0 Cubic meters

Other off-site water sources:
0 Cubic meters

Potable water from on-site sources:
0 Cubic meters

Other on-site water sources:
0 Cubic meters

Full-time equivalent student enrollment:
1,853

Full-time equivalent of employees:
497

The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following four figures:

Annual potable water use:
86,709 Cubic meters

Full-time equivalent students and employees:
2,350

Annual potable water use per person:
36,897.45 Liters

Points earned for indicator OP 3.1:
1.33

3.2 Potable water use per square meter

Gross floor area of building space:
180,438 Square meters

The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following two figures:

Annual potable water use per unit of floor area:
480.55 Liters per square meter

Points earned for indicator OP 3.2:
1.57

3.3 Systems for water recovery and return

Does the institution harvest rainwater on-site for storage and use?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s on-site rainwater harvesting systems:
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Does the institution recover water on-site for reuse?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s on-site water recovery and reuse systems:
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Does the institution collect and return water to surface water or groundwater through on-site green infrastructure?:
Yes

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s on-site green infrastructure:

We have numerous parking lots with underground water detention systems, which serve as holding tanks that dissipate water at a controlled rate back into the soil.  We also have a rain garden behind Compton House.


The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator OP 3.3:
0.33

3.4 Ratio of water recovered/returned to total water withdrawal 

Does the institution have methodologies in place to estimate or model the annual volume of water recovered and/or returned on-site?:
No

Narrative outlining the methodologies used to estimate or model the annual volume of water recovered and/or returned on-site:
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Estimated volume of rainwater harvested on-site for storage and use:
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Estimated volume of water recovered on-site for reuse:
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Estimated volume of water collected and returned through on-site green infrastructure:
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The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following four figures:

Annual volume of water recovered and/or returned:
0 Cubic meters

Total water withdrawal:
86,709 Cubic meters

Ratio of water recovered/returned to total water withdrawal:
0

Points earned for indicator OP 3.4:
0

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