Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	59.88
Liaison	Alex Frank
Submission Date	April 14, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Wisconsin-Madison
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

4.42 / 5.00

Alex Frank
Sustainability Analyst
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:

Medium to High

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

Total water withdrawal (potable and non-potable combined):

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	785,066,296 Gallons	1,021,240,542 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	556,599,096 Gallons	734,897,142 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	July 1, 2019	June 30, 2020
Baseline Period	July 1, 2006	June 30, 2007

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:

FY07 was adopted as the preferred baseline year for STARS data reporting as it represented consistent data availability across the majority of credits.

FY20 was chosen as the performance year since campus operations were limited during the majority of FY21. Weighted campus user and floor area figures reported in this credit are for FY20.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	7,956	7,259
Number of employees resident on-site	178	178
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	41,159	37,237
Full-time equivalent of employees	19,765	16,255.20
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	206	0
Weighted campus users	47,572	41,978.40

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	11,700.14 Gallons	17,506.55 Gallons

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

33.17

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	24,702,745 Gross square feet	20,469,197 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	22.53 Gallons per square foot	35.90 Gallons per square foot

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

37.24

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	1,750 Acres	1,831 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	448,609.31 Gallons per acre	557,750.16 Gallons per acre

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

19.57

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:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data represents potable water usage as measured through utility billing data as well as non-potable (lake) water used in the Walnut St. and Charter St. heating plants.

A few small water usage sources were not included because metered data was not available (this includes small building rainwater cisterns and the well water used at the Arboretum visitor center). Additionally, water usage data for a few buildings outside the institutional boundary are included in these data as individual building meters do not exist (Dairy Forage, WI Historical Society, Forest Products Lab, and Cereal Crops) and therefore the total campus usage includes the usage for these buildings.

Vegetated acres were based upon estimates of permeable surfaces on campus developed as part of stormwater management activities. Estimates were completed in 2007 and 2015 but only minor changes in permeable surfaces are estimated between 2015 and the performance year.

FY20 was chosen as the performance year since campus operations were limited during the majority of FY21. Weighted campus user and floor area figures reported in this credit are for FY20.