Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	55.44
Liaison	Bradley Flamm
Submission Date	March 4, 2022

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West Chester University of Pennsylvania
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

2.67 / 4.00

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 Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:

Low to Medium

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	34,447,000 Gallons	87,995,000 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	34,447,000 Gallons	87,995,000 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	July 1, 2020	June 30, 2021
Baseline Period	July 1, 2014	June 30, 2015

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:

2014/15 is the earliest year for which data are available in a form consistent with most recent 2020-21 data. The consistency is the inclusion of water use in four University Student Housing (USH) residence halls; previously such use had been charged separately and not included in WCU water use statistics.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	581	4,813
Number of employees resident on-site	10	10
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	16,750.90	11,561
Full-time equivalent of employees	1,646	1,621
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	13,743	0
Weighted campus users	3,638.18	11,092.25

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	9,468.21 Gallons	7,933.02 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	3,984,618 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	8.64 Gallons per square foot	25.89 Gallons per square foot

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

66.61

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	307 Acres	307 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	112,205.21 Gallons per acre	286,628.66 Gallons per acre

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

60.85

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:

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Website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency efforts 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 reductions.

Data Provided by:
(2020 FTE Employees) Evette Bowman, (ebowman@wcupa.edu) Office of Institutional Research
Data Source: (Water Quantities) PASSHE Utility Usage Report FY2021
Data Entry: Lois Howell 1-Feb-22