Overall Rating	Bronze
Overall Score	34.79
Liaison	Eric Dodge
Submission Date	Dec. 30, 2022

STARS v2.2

Hanover College
OP-21: Water Use

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Responsible Party

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Willie Liter
Director of Operations
Physical Plant

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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	43,372,700 Gallons	42,751,400 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	43,372,700 Gallons	42,751,400 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	Jan. 1, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Baseline Period	Jan. 1, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020

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	926	910
Number of employees resident on-site	40	33
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	1,097	1,039
Full-time equivalent of employees	276	257
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	79	0
Weighted campus users	1,212	1,207.75

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	35,786.06 Gallons	35,397.56 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	814,775 Gross square feet	814,775 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	53.23 Gallons per square foot	52.47 Gallons per square foot

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

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	0.50 Acres	0.50 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	86,745,400 Gallons per acre	85,502,800 Gallons per acre

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

-1.45

Optional Fields

A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives:

Baseline year for water is 2020 and for employees and students the 20/21 academic year. Performance year for water is 2021 and for employees and students the 21/22 academic year.
We water only a few flower beds that amount to maybe 1/2 an acre.

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:

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