Overall Rating	Bronze - expired
Overall Score	35.08
Liaison	Dr. Jill Wicknick
Submission Date	July 24, 2019
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

University of Montevallo
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

0.51 / 5.00

Susan Caplow
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Behavioral and Social Sciences

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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	23,036,620 Gallons	17,252,940 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	15,834,020 Gallons	17,252,940 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	Nov. 1, 2017	Oct. 31, 2018
Baseline Year	Nov. 1, 2017	Oct. 31, 2018

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:

This baseline was selected because it is the same baseline we are applying to the entire application. A few years back gives us easy access to data but is not so distant that there is a stark contrast between the baseline and performance.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	1,084	1,154
Number of employees resident on-site	0	8
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	2,291	2,702
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	494	422
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	35	0
Weighted campus users	2,333.50	2,633.50

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	6,785.52 Gallons	6,551.33 Gallons

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

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	1,170,188 Gross square feet	1,157,032 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	13.53 Gallons per square foot	14.91 Gallons per square foot

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

9.26

Part 3

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
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Total water use (potable + non-potable) per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds	---	---

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:

The green room certification encourages students in the dorms to commit to water-conserving behaviors in order to get their room certified "green".

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 (e.g. building retrofits):

Physical plant has replaced dorm showerheads with low-flow versions when needing replacement.

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

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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