| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.30 |
| Liaison | Dave Barbier |
| Submission Date | May 14, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
OP-22: Water Use
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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4.66 / 5.00 |
Shelly
Janowski Sustainability Coordinator Facility Services |
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Level of ”Physical Risk QUANTITY” for the institution’s main campus as indicated by the World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:
Medium to High
Total water use (potable and non-potable combined):
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Total water use | --- | 40,664.03 Cubic meters |
Potable water use:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Potable water use | 29,016.83 Cubic meters | 40,664.03 Cubic meters |
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
| Start Date | End Date | |
| Performance Year | July 1, 2016 | June 30, 2017 |
| Baseline Year | July 1, 2006 | June 30, 2007 |
A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:
2007 is when we did our first greenhouse gas inventory and decided to use it as our baseline
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Number of students resident on-site | ||
| Number of employees resident on-site | ||
| Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds | ||
| Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | ||
| Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty) | ||
| Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | ||
| Weighted campus users |
Potable water use per weighted campus user:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Potable water use per weighted campus user | 3.91 Cubic meters | 5.30 Cubic meters |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per weighted campus user from baseline:
Gross floor area of building space:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Gross floor area | 258,719.43 Gross square meters | 245,164.33 Gross square meters |
Potable water use per unit of floor area:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Potable water use per unit of floor area | 0.11 Cubic meters per square meter | 0.17 Cubic meters per square meter |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area from baseline:
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in total water use per acre/hectare of vegetated grounds):
Yes
Area of vegetated grounds:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Vegetated grounds | 28.73 Hectares | 29.14 Hectares |
Total water use (potable + non-potable) per unit of vegetated grounds:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds | Cubic meters per hectare | 1,395.60 Cubic meters per hectare |
Percentage reduction in total water use per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:
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A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives, e.g. initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices such as signage and competitions:
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A brief description of the institution's water recovery and reuse initiatives:
Graywater from our Hobart dish machine is used for the food pulper system. The food pulper allows us to divert residential dining area food waste from the sewer system (via garbage disposal) by processing the waste and composting it.
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to replace plumbing fixtures, fittings, appliances, equipment, and systems with water-efficient alternatives (e.g. building retrofits):
Our Performance Contractor/Energy Service Company (ESCO) completed a campus wide water fixture by fixture audit in 2013 and developed a proposal that focuses on fixture internal upgrades to meet as-designed standards, achieve water use reductions and improve function.
• Mock up installed in Maintenance & Materials Building
• Upgrades Include: Replace internals of toilet/urinal flushometers to individually tune and achieve factory intended performance, chrome piping will be replaced and infrared sensors installed, as required, incorporating dual flush technology (i.e. two level
flushing), replace internals of tank toilets to individually tune and achieve
factory intended performance, install vandal-resistant low flow aerators on sinks, install reduced flow shower heads
Approval of the ESCO is currently with the State of WI Dept of Admin. Campus is anticipating work to be started late 2015.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
We performed major water conservation projects in the late 1990s.
Performance contractor starting in 2016 with water efficiency projects
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