Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 66.35 |
Liaison | Trevor Ledbetter |
Submission Date | May 2, 2017 |
Executive Letter | Download |
University of Arizona
OP-22: Water Use
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.15 / 6.00 |
Benjamin
Champion N/A 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’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:
High
Part 1
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total water use | --- | 524,205,614 Gallons |
Potable water use:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use | 447,496,000 Gallons | 439,745,000 Gallons |
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 | July 30, 2005 |
If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:
The baseline was adopted in a previous submission of STARS, and consistent with other baselines adopted for energy and waste. This represents a good overall baseline time period for operations benchmarking.
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 6,789 | 5,619 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 28 | 25 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds | 487 | 487 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 41,631 | 34,689 |
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty) | 12,479 | 11,616 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 1,074 | 3,468 |
Weighted campus users | 41,968.25 | 34,025.75 |
Potable water use per weighted campus user:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use per weighted campus user | 10,662.73 Gallons | 12,923.89 Gallons |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per weighted campus user from baseline:
17.50
Part 2
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Gross floor area | 14,721,402 Gross square feet | 10,154,673 Gross square feet |
Potable water use per unit of floor area:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use per unit of floor area | 30.40 Gallons per square foot | 43.30 Gallons per square foot |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area from baseline:
29.81
Part 3
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Area of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Vegetated grounds | 108 Acres | 125 Acres |
Total water use (potable + non-potable) per unit of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds | 0 Gallons per acre | 4,193,644.91 Gallons per acre |
Percentage reduction in total water use per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:
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Optional Fields
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A brief description of the institution's water recovery and reuse initiatives:
Reverse osmosis reject water from the steam make-up treatment is fed to the cooling towers at the CHRP.
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace plumbing fixtures, fittings, appliances, equipment, and systems with water-efficient alternatives (e.g. building retrofits):
Where ever feasible, normal urinals are retrofitted with a flush valve that requires a special tool to flush, and they are flushed only once a day for cleaning. To control odors and uric acid scaling of drain pipes, a microbial innoculant is used in the urinal (Eco Blue Cube®).
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data updated February 2016 to cover FY15
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.