Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.52
Liaison Tori Grant
Submission Date June 28, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of Calgary
OP-T2-46: Non-Potable Water Usage

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Adam Stoker
Sustainability Consultant
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution use non-potable water (e.g., harvested rainwater or graywater) for irrigation and/or other applications?:
Yes

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A brief description of the source of non-potable water and how it is used:
Through the university’s design standards, building projects are encouraged to consider opportunities for non-potable water use including the capture and reuse of rainwater. The university’s irrigation system and a growing number of buildings make use of the non-potable river water used in the central cooling plant’s open loop heat rejection system.

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The percentage of irrigation water usage from recovered, reclaimed or untreated sources :
100

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The percentage of building space using water from recovered, reclaimed or untreated sources:
5

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The percentage of water used in utility plants from recovered, reclaimed or untreated sources:
100

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The website URL where information about the program, policy, or practice is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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