Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	65.89
Liaison	Marian Brown
Submission Date	Dec. 13, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

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Wells College
OP-22: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

0.40 / 5.00

Marian Brown
Director
Center for Sustainability and the Environment

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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	---	12,756,900 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	12,603,100 Gallons	12,756,900 Gallons

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. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014

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 Office Manager for B&G was able to readily access monthly water meter readings for all of 2014, so that is the baseline we used. It was interesting to chart what, if any difference, bringing Zabriskie Hall back into service made on water use. Before October 2015, the building was not in service and being renovated with low-flow faucets and toilets.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	480	495
Number of employees resident on-site	4	1
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	510	525
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	171	168
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	0	0
Weighted campus users	631.75	643.75

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	19,949.51 Gallons	19,816.54 Gallons

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	577,747 Gross square feet	549,547 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	21.81 Gallons per square foot	23.21 Gallons per square foot

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

6.03

Part 3

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	78.30 Acres	78.30 Acres

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds	0 Gallons per acre	162,923.37 Gallons per acre

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:

We provide all new members of the campus community with a Sustainability Guide, including information on water conservation in offices and residence hall settings. We provide Be Water Wise placards in all bathrooms in all academic/administrative buildings to encourage water conservation. We also periodically include water conservation strategies in our Installments mini-newsletters that are placed in all bathroom stalls in all campus buildings.

A brief description of the institution's water recovery and reuse initiatives:

We do not have any water recovery/reuse systems currently in place.

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):

For major renovations and new construction project, the College specified the installation of Water Sense certified low-flow faucets and 1.5 gpm toilets. As older fixtures require replacement in other buildings, the College has standardized on Water Sense certified low-flow faucets, shower heads and low-flush toilets.

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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