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Expanding Campus Initiatives to Include a Water Action Plan

Expanding Campus Initiatives to Include a Water Action Plan. By Kelly Domino, Kimberly Reeves and Justine Schwartz. Getting to know Agnes. “Agnes Scott College educates women to think deeply, live honorably and engage the social and intellectual challenges of their times.”.

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Expanding Campus Initiatives to Include a Water Action Plan

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  1. Expanding Campus Initiatives to Include a Water Action Plan By Kelly Domino, Kimberly Reeves and Justine Schwartz

  2. Getting to know Agnes “Agnes Scott College educates women to think deeply, live honorably and engage the social and intellectual challenges of their times.”

  3. Our Sustainable Commitment • Signed ACUPCC as a charter member • First LEED certification in City of Decatur • Environmental and Sustainability Studies minor • Increased waste diversion rates

  4. Why a water audit? • Reduce our water footprint • No one seems to focus on water • Direct relation to our deferred maintenance list

  5. Where we started • Student-led data collection • Sourced water meters • Checked fixtures for flow rates • Professor/staff/student involvement

  6. A Comparison of Annual Totals

  7. Athletic Residences Dining 7% 1% 14% Irrigation 5% Academic/Office 22% Student Residences 51% Athletic Dining 10% Residences 13% 1% Water Use 2006-2007 Irrigation Academic/Office 19% 19% Student Residences 38% Water Use 2007-2008

  8. 40% 17% Student Residences 20% 0% Academic/Office Residences -20% Total Dining -8% -14% -11% -3% -40% Athletic -44% -60% -80% Irrigation -79% -100% Overall Reduction by Building Categories

  9. Our plan structure

  10. Avoid: what we did • Tray-less in the dining hall • Irrigation changes • Outreach/Education • Comprehensive metering

  11. Avoid: action ideas • Expand E.S.S. minor and Azalea Project • First-year orientation programming • “L-E-A-K” email • Save water=save energy • Grey water

  12. Reduce: action ideas • 5% overall reduction in one year • Water conservation education • Funding • 3 year goal= 20% reduction • 5 year goal= ?

  13. Replace: action ideas • Retrofit 3 residence halls • Landscaping method changes

  14. Questions and Comments?

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