Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	65.05
Liaison	Konrad Schlarbaum
Submission Date	Feb. 15, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Colorado Colorado Springs
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

2.35 / 4.00

"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Level of ”Physical Risk Quantity” for the institution’s main campus as indicated by the World Resources Institute Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:

Low to Medium

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	51,164,232.31 Gallons	33,154,696 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	51,164,232.31 Gallons	33,154,696 Gallons

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, 2006

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:

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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	1,541	755
Number of employees resident on-site	4	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	1	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	10,864	6,774
Full-time equivalent of employees	1,627	990
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	1,433	198
Weighted campus users	8,680.75	5,863.25

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	5,893.99 Gallons	5,654.66 Gallons

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

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	3,134,408 Gross square feet	1,392,472 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	16.32 Gallons per square foot	23.81 Gallons per square foot

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

31.44

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	120 Acres	60 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	426,368.60 Gallons per acre	552,578.27 Gallons per acre

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

22.84

Optional Fields

A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives:

The Office of Sustainability provide conservation education to the campus. Numerous retrofit projects on toilets, showers, and faucets have been completed. Signage has accompanied many of the retrofit projects.

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

Water recovery and reuse is illegal in the state of Colorado with the exception of residential homes may have up to two rain barrels with 110 gallons of storage capacity. UCCS uses rain gardens to slow water down and direct water through landscapes.

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace plumbing fixtures, fittings, appliances, equipment, and systems with water-efficient alternatives:

All new buildings are built with low-flow faucets, dual-flush/low-use toilets, and low-flow shower heads where applicable. The university has completed numerous water retrofit projects including dual flush 1.6/1.1gpf toilets (from 3.5), .125gallon urinals, .5gpm aerators, and 1.5 showerheads in housing.

Website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency efforts is available:

https://sustain.uccs.edu/operations/water

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Our campus continues to see significant growth in number of buildings and people hence our ~20mil gallon increase from baseline to reporting year for total water withdrawal.

https://wri.org/applications/aqueduct/water-risk-atlas/#/?advanced=false&basemap=hydro&geoStore=22ca64e80fe3bb417d7ddfcfe3ec32fd&indicator=w_awr_def_tot_cat&lat=38.895803835509035&lng=-133.370530225&mapMode=analysis&month=1&opacity=0.5&ponderation=DEF&predefined=false&projection=absolute&scenario=optimistic&scope=baseline&timeScale=annual&year=baseline&zoom=4