Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	70.10
Liaison	Francis Mitalo
Submission Date	March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of California, Riverside
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

6.00 / 6.00

Fortino Morales
Sustainability Officer
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:

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	2,357,376.34 Cubic meters	3,948,336.40 Cubic meters

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	1,345,618.84 Cubic meters	2,610,889.25 Cubic meters

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	July 1, 2018	June 30, 2019
Baseline Period	July 1, 2005	June 30, 2008

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 mandated by University of California Office of the President for UC Sustainable Water goals. The average of fiscal years 2005-2006, 2006-2007, and 2007-2008 were used to build the baseline for all data points (gallons, weighted campus user, and vegetative space).

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	6,404	4,591.33
Number of employees resident on-site	0	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	23,155.40	16,309.98
Full-time equivalent of employees	5,875.80	4,597.45
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	82.10	0.09
Weighted campus users	23,312.83	16,828.34

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	57.72 Cubic meters	155.15 Cubic meters

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

62.80

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	633,149.83 Gross square meters	511,837.19 Gross square meters

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	2.13 Cubic meters per square meter	5.10 Cubic meters per square meter

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

58.34

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	98.01 Hectares	92.81 Hectares

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	24,052.23 Cubic meters per hectare	42,541.90 Cubic meters per hectare

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

43.46

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:

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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:

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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:

Part 1
Total Water Withdrawal includes Riverside Public Utilities (RPU), Gage Canal and Coachella Valley. Potable Water Use includes RPU and Coachella Valley meters associated with the Palm Desert satellite campus. This excludes the Coachella Valley Agricultural Research Station’s water use as it uses non-potable water from Coachella Valley Water District. Gage Canal water data is also not included in this metric as it is not classified as potable water. RPU and Coachella Valley water data was sourced from EnergyCAP. Gage Canal data was provided by the Gage Canal Company. Weighted Campus User data was sourced from the Institutional Research office, with the exception of 2005 student housing population data, which was provided by Housing.

Part 2
Gross floor area data was provided by the Space Management office. OGSF50 was used as the unit for GSF. Baseline year GSF was an average of the three fiscal years (2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008), in accordance with UC Policy on Sustainable Practices.

Part 3
Vegetated grounds data was provided by Facilities Services’ Grounds department and Space Management. Accounts for growth in campus vegetated space including expansion of campus boundaries through acquisition of housing complexes. Only main (east) campus is included, the west campus agricultural research fields are not included in this metric.