Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	57.01
Liaison	Meghna Tare
Submission Date	April 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Texas at Arlington
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

1.74 / 4.00

Meghna Tare
Director
Office of 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	1,211,589.18 Cubic meters	1,210,426.49 Cubic meters

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	1,211,589.18 Cubic meters	1,210,426.49 Cubic meters

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	Sept. 1, 2020	Aug. 31, 2021
Baseline Period	Sept. 1, 2004	Aug. 31, 2005

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:

Because we started collecting data in 2005

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	5,214	3,278
Number of employees resident on-site	27	9
Number of other individuals resident on-site	80	20
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	40,769	28,000
Full-time equivalent of employees	3,472	5,000
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	17,967	8,624
Weighted campus users	21,095.75	19,123.75

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	57.43 Cubic meters	63.29 Cubic meters

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

9.26

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	665,385.32 Gross square meters	434,949.64 Gross square meters

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	1.82 Cubic meters per square meter	2.78 Cubic meters per square meter

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

34.57

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	2.02 Hectares	2.02 Hectares

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	598,780.65 Cubic meters per hectare	598,206.04 Cubic meters per hectare

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

-0.10

Optional Fields

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

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

The new Engineering Research Building utilizes a 20,000 gallon water harvesting system to capture rain and HVAC condensate for irrigation use.
The HVAC condensate water from the College Park Center is used to fill their water feature.

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

Restrooms are retrofitted with low-flow toilets and lavatories during renovations. Low-flow showerheads are installed in student housing showers.
The campus irrigation control system was transitioned to a Hunter weather-based, radio-transmit master controller recognized by the EPA WaterSense program to reduce campus irrigation requirements by an estimated 20-40%.

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

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

UTA_OP_21_Water_Use.xls

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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