Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	54.99
Liaison	Katherine Spector
Submission Date	March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

State University of New York at Oswego
OP-21: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

4.00 / 4.00

Katherine Spector
Campus Sustainability Manager
Office of Sustainability

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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

Part 1. Reduction in potable water use per person

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

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal	58,920,361 Gallons	102,150,000 Gallons

Potable water use:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	58,920,361 Gallons	102,150,000 Gallons

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

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	Jan. 1, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Baseline Period	Jan. 1, 2010	Dec. 31, 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	4,300	4,212
Number of employees resident on-site	21	21
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	7,076	7,581
Full-time equivalent of employees	1,124.23	1,111
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	361	115
Weighted campus users	6,959.67	7,491

Potable water use per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per weighted campus user	8,465.97 Gallons	13,636.36 Gallons

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

37.92

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	3,456,016 Gross square feet	3,460,000 Gross square feet

Potable water use per unit of floor area:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use per unit of floor area	17.05 Gallons per square foot	29.52 Gallons per square foot

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

42.25

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

Area of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	596.60 Acres	596.40 Acres

Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds	98,760.24 Gallons per acre	171,277.67 Gallons per acre

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

42.34

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:

The baseline year is 2010 data