Water Conservation at UCSF

20% by

2020

20% BY 2020• UCOP Mandate• Baseline Consumption Data and Goals• Where We’re At• Where Does the Water Go?• What We’re Doing• How YOU Can Help

UC President Janet Napolitano on January 16 announced a goal of reducing per capita water

use by 20 percent throughout the UC system by the year 2020.http://link.ucop.edu/2014/01/17/president-napolitano-announces-20-percent-cut-in-ucs-water-consumption/

Every UC campus already has established its water usage baseline against a three-year average, and the 20 percent reduction goal will be pegged to each campus’s baseline.

Actual Baseline15,162 Gallons per year

baseline consumption per weighted campus user

during FY2007 – 10

Baseline Goal12,130 Gallons per year

baseline consumption goal per weighted campus user

by FY2019 – 20

3,302 Gallons = Annual Per Capita Reduction

13 Gallons= Daily Per Capita Reduction

FY2019-20

FY2018-19

FY2017-18

FY2016-17

FY2015-16

FY2014-15

FY2013-14

FY2012-13

FY2007-10

0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000

Fiscal Year Consumption Goals

Thousands of Gallons

Where We’re At

Actual Consumption14,495 Gallonsbaseline per capita reduction

through FY2012 – 13

Actual Reduction667 Gallons

baseline per capita reductionthrough FY2012 – 13

4.4% Reductionbaseline per capita reduction

through FY2012 – 13

2,635 GallonsTO GO

per capita reduction by FY2012 - 13

FY2007-10 FY2012-1314000

14200

14400

14600

14800

15000

15200

15400

Actual Consumption Since FY2007-10

Where Does Our Water Go?

7%

38%

15%14%

8%

12% 4%2%

AUTOCLAVESTOILETSURINALSLAB FAUCETSRESTROOM FAUCETSCOOLING TOWERSIRRIGATIONOTHER

Laboratories represent at least 21% of total water consumption or over 40,000,000 gallons

of water each year

What We’re DoingData Gathering and Analysis

• Auditing• Submetering

Facility Infrastructure• Fixture Upgrade• Cooling Tower Makeup• PM Program• Steam, Condensate Return & Distribution Systems• Leaks and Continuous Flow• Irrigation

Research• Laboratories • Purified Water Reduction• Best Practices

Hospitality• Housing – Fixture Replacement

Outreach and Engagement• Raise Awareness• Live Streaming Consumption Data• Encourage Ideas from Campus Community

What You Can Do

• Adhere to best practices in sustainable water use • Report leaks to 476-2021• Rightsizing water-using equipment for tasks and use as

high loadings as possible• Use purified water appropriately and efficiently• Retrofit or replace autoclaves and sterilizers• Use closed loop or air rather than continuous flow or

once through cooling equipment and devices• Complete laboratory survey and assessment• Audit: steaven.campbell @ ucsf.edu• Additional ideas or suggestions: sustainability @ucsf.edu