Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	69.27
Liaison	Mark Klapatch-Mathias
Submission Date	Feb. 29, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Wisconsin-River Falls
OP-21: Water Use

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Responsible Party

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Mike Mueller
Associate Director
Facilities Management

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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

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	33,775,870 Gallons	31,805,000 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	27,683,770 Gallons	25,934,000 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	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 baseline was established in 2017 as we had additional square footage added and this is the first year that we can compare data to for this report with the same square footage.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	2,091	2,623
Number of employees resident on-site	9	10
Number of other individuals resident on-site	3	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	4,441.80	6,926.51
Full-time equivalent of employees	580.20	640.85
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	407.40	113.87
Weighted campus users	3,988.95	6,248.37

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	6,940.11 Gallons	4,150.52 Gallons

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

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	2,197,037 Gross square feet	2,197,037 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	12.60 Gallons per square foot	11.80 Gallons per square foot

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

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	166 Acres	166 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	203,469.10 Gallons per acre	191,596.39 Gallons per acre

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

-6.20

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:

Reduced water usage is always considered when doing any major projects or remodeling that includes work on the plumbing systems. Lower flow aerators, lower flow flush valves, and lower flow shower heads have been included in recent projects including May Hall, McMillan Hall, Grimm Hall, and Rodli Hall.

The University center has dual-flush valves on all toilets as well as the EcoCubes used on all urinals reducing to 3 flushes per day.

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

https://www.uwrf.edu/Sustainability/CampusInitiatives/Water.cfm

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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