Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.62
Liaison Delicia Nahman
Submission Date March 10, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Lafayette College
OP-26: Water Use

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00 George Xiques
Assistant Director Plant Operations/Campus Sustainability Manager
Plant Operations
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Level of water risk for the institution’s main campus:
Medium to High

Total water use (potable and non-potable combined)::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total water use 43,080,825 Gallons 39,289,148 Gallons

Potable water use::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Potable water use 43,080,825 Gallons 39,289,148 Gallons

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users"::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 2,289 2,203
Number of residential employees 7 3
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 2,503 2,403
Full-time equivalent of employees 758 679
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 214 200

Gross floor area of building space::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area 1,769,473 Square feet 1,735,959 Square feet

Area of vegetated grounds::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds 330 Acres 330 Acres

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2013 June 30, 2014
Baseline Year July 1, 2007 June 30, 2008

A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:
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Water recycled/reused on campus, performance year:
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Recycled/reused water withdrawn from off-campus sources, performance year:
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A brief description of any water recovery and reuse systems employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any water metering and management systems employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any building retrofit practices employed by the institution, e.g. to install high efficiency plumbing fixtures and fittings:
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A brief description of any policies or programs employed by the institution to replace appliances, equipment and systems with water-efficient alternatives:
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A brief description of any water-efficient landscape design practices employed by the institution (e.g. xeriscaping):
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A brief description of any weather-informed irrigation technologies employed by the institution:

Lafayette employees a rainwater collection system on the roof of an operations building to feed into the irrigation of our 2 acre organic farm. Unfortunately there has been no tracking of the water collected or used through this system.


A brief description of other water conservation and efficiency strategies employed by the institution:
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The website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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