Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	80.84
Liaison	Teddy Lhoutellier
Submission Date	April 26, 2024

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University of Miami
OP-21: Water Use

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Score

Responsible Party

1.02 / 4.00

Teddy Lhoutellier
Sustainability Manager
Environmental Health and Safety

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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:

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	427,322,411 Gallons	398,180,013 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	362,308,134 Gallons	341,065,713 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	June 1, 2022	May 31, 2023
Baseline Period	June 1, 2012	May 31, 2013

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:

FY13 is the start date of our most recent updated GHG inventory to ACUPCC/2nd Nature

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	4,555	4,216
Number of employees resident on-site	22	21
Number of other individuals resident on-site	20	30
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	18,826	15,613
Full-time equivalent of employees	10,641.90	7,827
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	810.10	369
Weighted campus users	22,657.60	18,392.50

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	15,990.58 Gallons	18,543.74 Gallons

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

13.77

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	10,841,400 Gross square feet	9,271,568 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	33.42 Gallons per square foot	36.79 Gallons per square foot

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

9.15

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	81.95 Acres	79.20 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	5,214,428.44 Gallons per acre	5,027,525.42 Gallons per acre

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

-3.72

Optional Fields

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

ECO Reps have been installing shower timers in the residences, as well as signage in the laundry rooms to only wash on full loads. Water Day is celebrated each March 22. In 2021, experts from the Miami Dade county office of resilience taught faculty, staff and students how to save irrigation water by installing rain water harvesting systems. Take Back the Tap Student led initiative: As Orientation week kicks in, a Green U and ECO Agency Student government tradition is back: a reusable bottle is offered to every freshman. Students are encouraged to drink tap water, use our water filling stations and sign the pledge on Takebackthetap.org

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

Rainwater Harvesting at the South Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music - LEED® Platinum A large on-site cistern captures and treats rainwater for reuse through irrigation and to flush all toilets and urinals in the building, replacing the need to use potable (drinking) water. Overall, this reduces the project’s potable water usage by 87% for interior plumbing fixtures, and by 100% for irrigation needs. The building started to be occupied at the end of FY2015. http://www.miami.edu/finance/index.php/green_u/green_building/frost_school_of_music_leed_platinum/

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

The University has implemented practices and technologies to optimize the campus’s water use and further promote the University’s water conservation efforts. Our initiatives in this area include: • The replacement of all resident halls and apartments shower heads to low flow models. • The installation of timer setting controls on the campus irrigation systems. • An ongoing leak detection program to prevent excessive water consumption. • An ongoing replacement program of urinals and toilets to low flow models. • An ongoing conversion of campus irrigation systems to well water in lieu of domestic water usage.

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

https://greenu.miami.edu/topics/water/index.html

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