Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	50.80
Liaison	Aldo Pierini
Submission Date	March 27, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

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Villanova University
OP-22: Water Use

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Responsible Party

0.00 / 5.00

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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

Part 1

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use	---	377,510.61 Cubic meters

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	456,236.92 Cubic meters	377,510.61 Cubic meters

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Year	Jan. 1, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Baseline Year	Jan. 9, 2007	Jan. 9, 2008

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 year was chosen because that is the earliest year accurate data is available.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	4,455	4,452
Number of employees resident on-site	13	10
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	9,677	9,613
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	2,334	1,951
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	1,085	18
Weighted campus users	9,311.50	9,775

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	49 Cubic meters	38.62 Cubic meters

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

Part 2

Gross floor area of building space:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	314,779.24 Gross square meters	291,692.84 Gross square meters

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	1.45 Cubic meters per square meter	1.29 Cubic meters per square meter

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

Part 3

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in total water use per acre/hectare of vegetated grounds):

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	40.47 Hectares	41.68 Hectares

Total water use (potable + non-potable) per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds	0 Cubic meters per hectare	9,056.79 Cubic meters per hectare

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

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Optional Fields

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:

The University collects rain water from select campus buildings in rain barrels and dispenses the water via a soaker hose to surrounding plantings. The campus buildings utilizing this system include John Barry, Fedigan, Middleton, and O’Dwyer. Areas watered in this way are not irrigated via public water. In the winter, water is redirected to the drains as to prevent rain barrels from freezing and bursting in the colder months. The volume of water recovered this way is unknown.

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):

As fixtures break or as we renovate spaces we replace them with efficient water fixtures. The new Law School, completed in 2009, utilizes efficient fixtures, thus using 41% less water. The College of Nursing Building, completed in 2008, also employs efficient fixtures, using 37% less water. In the renovation of Sheehan and Sullivan Halls, dual flush toilets, low flow shower heads and motion sensitive water faucets were installed, reducing water use by 25%. Water fixtures were also replaced with more efficient ones, including dual flush toilets and low flow shower heads in the renovation of the Fedigan Hall dormitory.

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:

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