Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.82
Liaison Rochelle Owen
Submission Date Jan. 7, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Dalhousie University
OP-28: Wastewater Management

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Total wastewater discharged:
748,269.66 Cubic meters

Wastewater naturally handled:
Cubic meters

A brief description of the natural wastewater systems used to handle the institution’s wastewater:

Dalhousie halifax campuses are located in an urban context. There would be no space and cost prohibitive to run smaller scale systems at a building level. The current waste water treatment system provided by the city is advanced primary into an ocean body.


The website URL where information about the institution’s wastewater management practices is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The municipality handles all waste water generated from the University.

We calculated the waste water generated based on losses related to consuming water and evaporation related to kitchen, research and operational processes.


The municipality handles all waste water generated from the University.

We calculated the waste water generated based on losses related to consuming water and evaporation related to kitchen, research and operational processes.

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