Overall Rating	Bronze - expired
Overall Score	36.91
Liaison	Bradley Flamm
Submission Date	March 30, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

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West Chester University of Pennsylvania
OP-22: Water Use

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Responsible Party

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Bradley Flamm
Director of Sustainability
Office of the President

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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	94,834,900 Gallons	59,584,300 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	94,834,900 Gallons	59,584,300 Gallons

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, 2009	June 30, 2010

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:

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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	5,168	4,397
Number of employees resident on-site	10	10
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	15,622.10	11,561
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty)	1,691	1,621
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	1,052	0
Weighted campus users	13,490.33	10,988.25

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	7,029.85 Gallons	5,422.55 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	3,968,910 Gross square feet	3,398,494 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	23.89 Gallons per square foot	17.53 Gallons per square foot

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	---	---

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use per unit of vegetated grounds	---	---

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:

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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 (e.g. building retrofits):

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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:

Data prior to 2014 does not include water consumption from several major affiliated residence halls which are, in FY 2018, billed along with the rest of the university. This therefore reflects and undercount in our baseline year, for which we do not currently have the data. In addition, for most of FY 2017 and FY 2018 a major leak in our district geothermal system accounted for millions of gallons of additional water use required to replenish the system. That leak was identified and sealed in the winter of 2017-18 and future water use should reflect significant reducations. Data on water quantities provided by John Lattanze, Energy Manager (jlattanze@wcupa.edu). Number of students resident on campus in base year provided by Peter Galloway, Director of Housing and Dining Administration (pgalloway@wcupa.edu, x3307).