Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 67.81 |
Liaison | Kelly Wellman |
Submission Date | Dec. 6, 2017 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Texas A&M University
OP-22: Water Use
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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4.00 / 4.00 |
Nathan
Jones Manager, Water & Envrionmental Services Utilities & Energy Management |
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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:
Low
Part 1
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total water use | --- | 3,462,000,000 Gallons |
Potable water use:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use | 645,430,000 Gallons | 1,731,000,000 Gallons |
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date | End Date | |
Performance Year | Sept. 1, 2015 | Aug. 31, 2016 |
Baseline Year | Sept. 1, 1990 | Aug. 31, 1991 |
If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:
The 1991 baseline has been the university benchmark due to the extremely high water usage during that period. It also represents the end of a relative flat usage tend when water conservation measures were being considered and instituted. The water use trend has been downward since even with the increase in enrollment and occupied square footage on the campus.
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 11,680 | 10,814 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 226 | 172 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds | 90 | 4 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 57,682 | 41,171 |
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty) | 7,776 | 7,000 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 896 | 0 |
Weighted campus users | 51,488 | 38,878.75 |
Potable water use per weighted campus user:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use per weighted campus user | 12,535.54 Gallons | 44,523.04 Gallons |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per weighted campus user from baseline:
71.84
Part 2
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Gross floor area | 24,233,204 Gross square feet | 12,526,000 Gross square feet |
Potable water use per unit of floor area:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use per unit of floor area | 26.63 Gallons per square foot | 138.19 Gallons per square foot |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area from baseline:
80.73
Part 3
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Area of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Vegetated grounds | 2,800 Acres | 3,500 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 | 989,142.86 Gallons per acre |
Percentage reduction in total water use per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:
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Optional Fields
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A brief description of the institution's water recovery and reuse initiatives:
TAMU uses between 9 and 12 million gallons of treated wastewater effluent each year for local irrigation and equipment washdown at our Main Campus Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Six buildings currently use harvested rainwater.
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):
Since 1993 the university's policy is to install the latest water conserving fixtures in any newly constructed or renovated facility.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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