Conserving water takes all of us
Residents of Santa Cruz, including students, faculty, and staff who live on campus, are now participating in a water-reduction plan that took effect on May 1, 2009. The plan remains in effect through October 2009. Details of the reduction, required because of several years of less-than-needed rainfall, have been posted on the city's Water Department web site.
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Students and staff are pitching in
Students and housing staff on campus are currently engaged in a number of water conservation-focused projects. [More]
Reducing our water consumption
UCSC is committed to water conservation and has established a campuswide Water-Use Curtailment Task Force to evaluate current usage, examine strategies to reduce water use, and ensure compliance with water restrictions for the drought emergency in 2009.
The Task Force's recommended actions for water-use reductions, prepared as part of its Water Shortage Plan: 2009 Season (PDF), include:
- Establish water-use targets for nine specific types of campus users.
- Provide more regular water-use data to key water users.
- Implement education and awareness campaign.
- Continue to accelerate High Priority water conservation projects.
Read a summary of campus actions taken in these four areas.
Water Audit 'efficiency projects' under construction
A 2007 water audit and inventory of UCSC facilities and plumbing fixtures identified several potential water saving projects. UCSC has been implementing those projects, identified as high priority in the Water Efficiency Survey over the past year. [See story and final audit]
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