Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	65.76
Liaison	Shahrzad Tehrani
Submission Date	Jan. 14, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Washington, Bothell
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

4.00 / 4.00

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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	20,688.28 Cubic meters	35,616.92 Cubic meters

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	20,688.28 Cubic meters	35,616.92 Cubic meters

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	Jan. 1, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Baseline Period	Jan. 1, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017

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:

The UW Bothell Sustainability Action Plan was launched in 2018, outlining goals for improvements related to water consumption reduction. 2017 is the baseline that UW Bothell uses to track any changes that have been made regarding consumption amounts since then.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	356	300
Number of employees resident on-site	3	2
Number of other individuals resident on-site	1	1
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	5,583	5,669
Full-time equivalent of employees	713	717
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	41	8
Weighted campus users	4,782	4,860

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	4.33 Cubic meters	7.33 Cubic meters

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

40.97

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	43,072.99 Gross square meters	43,072.99 Gross square meters

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	0.48 Cubic meters per square meter	0.83 Cubic meters per square meter

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

41.91

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	45.04 Hectares	45.04 Hectares

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	459.36 Cubic meters per hectare	790.83 Cubic meters per hectare

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

41.91

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:

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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:

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

https://www.uwb.edu/sustainability/campus-operations/water

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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