Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 65.76 |
Liaison | Allison Jenks |
Submission Date | Jan. 26, 2017 |
Executive Letter | Download |
New Mexico State University
OP-22: Water Use
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.92 / 6.00 |
Jack
Kirby Assistant Director Env. Health and Safety |
Level of ”Physical Risk QUANTITY” for the institution’s main campus as indicated by the World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas:
Total water use (potable and non-potable combined):
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total water use | --- | 866,198,980 Gallons |
Potable water use:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use | 575,444,298 Gallons | 580,799,014 Gallons |
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date | End Date | |
Performance Year | Jan. 1, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2015 |
Baseline Year | Jan. 1, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2011 |
A brief description of when and why the water use baseline was adopted:
We used 2011 for the baseline year because this is the first year we did the STARS report.
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users":
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 3,892 | 4,708 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 18 | 18 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds | 131 | 202 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 18,255 | 20,936 |
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty) | 3,514 | 3,854 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 1,271 | 1,427 |
Weighted campus users | 16,482 | 18,905.75 |
Potable water use per weighted campus user:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use per weighted campus user | 34,913.50 Gallons | 30,720.76 Gallons |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per weighted campus user from baseline:
Gross floor area of building space:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Gross floor area | 5,879,746 Gross square feet | 5,363,804 Gross square feet |
Potable water use per unit of floor area:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Potable water use per unit of floor area | 97.87 Gallons per square foot | 108.28 Gallons per square foot |
Percentage reduction in potable water use per unit of floor area from baseline:
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 3 of this credit? (reductions in total water use per acre/hectare of vegetated grounds):
Area of vegetated grounds:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Vegetated grounds | 250 Acres | 250 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 | 3,464,795.92 Gallons per acre |
Percentage reduction in total water use per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline:
A brief description of the institution's water-related behavior change initiatives, e.g. initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices such as signage and competitions:
in 2014 we did the Campus Conservation Nationals. Housing and Residential Life, the Office of Sustainability, and the Facilities and Services Utilities Director all participated. Part of the competition was water reduction as well as energy reduction.
A brief description of the institution's water recovery and reuse initiatives:
Our campus is on a hill that starts at the Organ Mountains to the east and the Rio Grande river to the west. We have many retention ponds that capture the water, areas along sidewalks that divert the water into plantings, and curb cuts in our parking lots that allow the water to run off into landscaped areas.
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):
The Facilities and Services department has initiatives and policies where plumbing fixtures and mechanical fittings, as well as our steam system all use the most efficient fixtures possible. Through our Energy Services Agreement thirty buildings were retrofitted with fittings that helped with water efficiency. We also have a program where we are re-insulating all the steam pipes in our underground system. When any old plumbing fixture breaks and needs to be either replaced or repaired, it is policy that we use low-flow fixtures.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Baseline year for water use is 2011
Baseline year for vegetated grounds is 2015 (at 250 acres)
NMSU 2014 Water System Master Plan Update: http://bit.ly/2a198RQ
Baseline year for water use is 2011
Baseline year for vegetated grounds is 2015 (at 250 acres)
NMSU 2014 Water System Master Plan Update: http://bit.ly/2a198RQ
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