Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	73.28
Liaison	Katie Maynard
Submission Date	Nov. 8, 2016
Executive Letter	Download

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University of California, Santa Barbara
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

4.66 / 5.00

Matthew O'Carroll
Refuse, Recycling, & Water Conservation Manager
Physical Facilities

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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:

Medium to High

Part 1

Total water use (potable and non-potable combined):

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use	---	337,287,590 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	204,192,032 Gallons	292,717,216 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	July 1, 2015	June 30, 2016
Baseline Year	July 1, 1996	June 30, 1999

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:

The baseline was chosen to match the baseline chosen in UCSB's Water Action Plan, which was produced in accordance with baseline requirements set by the University of California, Office of the President. The 1996-99 baseline was the earliest point in which UCSB had complete water consumption data. A three-year period was selected to provide a snapshot of water consumption, rather than one year's worth of data--a single year could have been a dry or wet year, thereby distorting policy regarding water consumption.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	8,934	4,002
Number of employees resident on-site	87	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	21,799	17,790
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	5,208	4,130
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	489	246
Weighted campus users	22,143.75	17,256

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	9,221.20 Gallons	16,963.21 Gallons

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

45.64

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	7,937,666 Gross square feet	4,725,563 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	25.72 Gallons per square foot	61.94 Gallons per square foot

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

58.47

Part 3

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in total water use per acre/hectare of vegetated grounds):

Yes

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	793.70 Acres	729.70 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	462,227.75 Gallons per acre

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

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Optional Fields

A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives, e.g. initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices such as signage and competitions:

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

UCSB partnered with Goleta Sanitary District to build a recycled water facility, which is located at the Sanitary District, close to the campus. The facility produces recycled water, which we then use to irrigate 90% of the landscape on the campus. We also use recycled water in the toilets located in all the restrooms of the lab wing in Bren Hall.The University expanded the recycled water line along UCen Road. This expansion allows landscapes that were previously irrigated with potable water to now use recycled water.

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):

UCSB has made it a campus priority to update inefficient plumbing fixtures with high-efficiency fixtures, such as high-efficiency urinals, low-flow toilets, and new aerators on faucets. UCSB Facilities Management has received over $1,000,000 in grants and matched funding for retrofitting restrooms with efficient high-efficiency fixtures. Additionally the residence halls and dining commons have significantly improved their water conservation infrastructure in the past two years. Faucet aerators, high-efficiency shower heads (1.75 ga/minute) and dual-flush toilets (1.6/1.1 gallon per flush) have been installed in all of the residence halls. In the San Rafael residence hall, 100 new high efficiency toilets (1.28 gallons/flush) have been installed.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://www.sustainability.ucsb.edu/sustaining-the-campus/water-goals/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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