Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 59.14
Liaison Nurit Katz
Submission Date Aug. 2, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

University of California, Los Angeles
OP-22: Water Consumption

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 7.00 Tracy Dudman
Senior Planner
Capital Programs, Capital Planning and Finance
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Water consumption, 2005 baseline year:
589,508,505 Gallons

Water consumption, performance year :
648,615,402 Gallons

On-campus residents, 2005:
12,400

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
51,707

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
6,372

On-campus residents, performance year:
10,555

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
56,035

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
6,892

The website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

So far, UCLA's water conservation efforts have reduced annual water use by over 70 million gallons since 2000. Our comprehensive approach to water conservation includes water recycling, high efficiency fixtures such as ultra-low flow urinals, drought tolerant landscaping, and smart climatologically-based irrigation and drip irrigation. New projects, such as a filtration system to treat water for re-use in our cogeneration plant, are under evaluation by the UCLA Water Taskforce, a group that includes staff and administration from Plumbing, Energy Services, Capital Programs, and the Medical Center, as well as faculty from the Engineering Department. UCLA’s Sustainability Coordinator is working with the other nine campuses in the University of California system to develop a new section of the Sustainable Practices Policy focused on water conservation and efficiency.

Due to metering issues in 2009, we are using data from 2008 rather than 2009, which is the performance year for other STARS credits.


So far, UCLA's water conservation efforts have reduced annual water use by over 70 million gallons since 2000. Our comprehensive approach to water conservation includes water recycling, high efficiency fixtures such as ultra-low flow urinals, drought tolerant landscaping, and smart climatologically-based irrigation and drip irrigation. New projects, such as a filtration system to treat water for re-use in our cogeneration plant, are under evaluation by the UCLA Water Taskforce, a group that includes staff and administration from Plumbing, Energy Services, Capital Programs, and the Medical Center, as well as faculty from the Engineering Department. UCLA’s Sustainability Coordinator is working with the other nine campuses in the University of California system to develop a new section of the Sustainable Practices Policy focused on water conservation and efficiency.

Due to metering issues in 2009, we are using data from 2008 rather than 2009, which is the performance year for other STARS credits.

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