Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	67.31
Liaison	Rob Andrejewski
Submission Date	Dec. 23, 2024

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University of Richmond
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

3.12 / 4.00

Rob Andrejewski
Director of Sustainability
Office for 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:

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	72,312,835.63 Gallons	90,041,996 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	72,312,835.63 Gallons	90,041,996 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	July 1, 2022	June 30, 2023
Baseline Period	July 1, 2008	June 30, 2009

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:

FY2009 was the baseline year for water consumption at the University of Richmond. It was part of the original CAP data collection.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	2,540	2,700
Number of employees resident on-site	9	9
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	3,531	3,732
Full-time equivalent of employees	1,773	1,460
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	0
Weighted campus users	4,615.25	4,571.25

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	15,668.24 Gallons	19,697.46 Gallons

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

20.46

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	2,869,520 Gross square feet	2,370,813 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	25.20 Gallons per square foot	37.98 Gallons per square foot

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

33.65

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	264 Acres	264 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	273,912.26 Gallons per acre	341,068.17 Gallons per acre

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

19.69

Optional Fields

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

For more than a decade, the University has installed water bottle refill stations whenever an upgrade to a drinking fountain is needed or a renovation occurs. Every residence hall and nearly all buildings have at least one bottle fill station.

The University uses rain guages in irrigation to minimize water use.

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

Westhampton Lake is a source of irrigation for the west side of campus, most often used on the baseball field.

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

University of Richmond uses low-flow toilets, flush valves, showers/heads, lavatory faucets, pint-flush urinals, in retrofits and new construction (meets LEED Silver or higher).

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

https://sustainability.richmond.edu/campus/water/index.html

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Totals tabulated from all University-owned properties for FY 23.