Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	49.78
Liaison	Sarah Rykal
Submission Date	Nov. 4, 2015
Executive Letter	Download

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University of Wisconsin-Stout
OP-26: Water Use

Status

Score

Responsible Party

1.10 / 2.00

Tim Cline
Graduate Assistant
Sustainability Office

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Level of water risk for the institution’s main campus:

Low

Total water use (potable and non-potable combined)::

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total water use	747,800,000 Gallons	720,200,000 Gallons

Potable water use::

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Potable water use	474,200,000 Gallons	603,700,000 Gallons

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users"::

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of residential students	2,903	2,846
Number of residential employees	10	14
Number of in-patient hospital beds	0	0
Full-time equivalent enrollment	9,371	8,477
Full-time equivalent of employees	1,120	966
Full-time equivalent of distance education students	1,587	982

Gross floor area of building space::

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Gross floor area	2,533,913 Square feet	2,437,190 Square feet

Area of vegetated grounds::

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Vegetated grounds	12.10 Acres	12.10 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:

The 2008 fiscal year baseline for the GHG emissions was adopted because is was the first and oldest fully recorded year for UW-Stout GHG emissions report.

Water recycled/reused on campus, performance year:

0 Gallons

Recycled/reused water withdrawn from off-campus sources, performance year:

0 Gallons

A brief description of any water recovery and reuse systems employed by the institution:

Do not use non-potable water

A brief description of any water metering and management systems employed by the institution:

All buildings on campus employ water metering separately. The City of Menomonie bills the University for all water usage.

A brief description of any building retrofit practices employed by the institution, e.g. to install high efficiency plumbing fixtures and fittings:

This is required by Wisconsin State building code, and has been in practice since 1988.

A brief description of any policies or programs employed by the institution to replace appliances, equipment and systems with water-efficient alternatives:

Previous water-cooled equipment have been replaced with air-cooled equipment during project renovations.

A brief description of any water-efficient landscape design practices employed by the institution (e.g. xeriscaping):

The campus is primarily paved and is located on a hill. Because of the location, the landscape is designed to direct water to any available landscape to absorb the water.

A brief description of any weather-informed irrigation technologies employed by the institution:

No weather-informed irrigation

A brief description of other water conservation and efficiency strategies employed by the institution:

Yes, low flow fixtures for sinks, showers and toilets are used on campus. Water-cooled equipment has been replaced by air-cooled equipment during renovations.

The website URL where information about the institution’s water conservation and efficiency initiatives is available:

http://www.uwstout.edu/sustainability/climate.cfm

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Water consumption information from Utility Billing Clerk for Menomonie

Resident numbers from the Director of University Housing

Non-resident student numbers from the GHG Inventory

Faculty and staff numbers from HR

Landscape information provided by Superintendent of Grounds

Remaining information gathered from the Physical Plant

Data source(s) and notes about the submission