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Results and Projections
In This Section
EPA has made great strides in decreasing its water intensity, and the Agency continues to pursue opportunities to reduce its water use even further. Learn more about how EPA is achieving its water conservation goals in the following charts, reports, and tables.
FY 2008 Results and Projections
EPA's FY 2008 Energy Management and Conservation Program Report (PDF) (76 pp, 1.1MB)
Thanks to a number of successful water conservation projects, EPA reduced its FY 2008 water intensity by 6.4 percent relative to FY 2007. Water management has been a priority at EPA for years, and the FY 2007 water intensity baseline of 44.7 gallons per gross square foot (GSF) established an aggressive target to improve upon. The annual report describes the projects that enabled this accomplishment to happen.
Agencywide Water Intensity in Gallons Per GSF with Projected Use Through 2015
This chart compares EPA's Agencywide water intensity in gallons per square-feet from FY 2001 to FY 2008 versus the 2 percent annual water intensity reduction requirement of Executive Order (E.O.) 13423, relative to an FY 2007 baseline, and projects Agencywide water use through 2015.
Individual EPA Laboratories' Share of Total Water Use
This pie chart shows the percentage of total EPA water use for FY 2008 by each reporting laboratory.
EPA Facility Water Management Progress Matrix
EPA tracks water use at its facilities that have undergone water management assessments and created water management plans. This matrix lists the EPA reporting laboratories that have issued water management plans.
Awards
The following awards were given in FY 2009 to honor water reduction achievements at EPA facilities:
- Frank Price of the Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center in Ada, Oklahoma, received an H2Overachiever award for achieving water savings of 27.7 percent in FY 2008 compared to FY 2007 by reducing the amount of water used in the laboratory’s irrigation practices and installing water-efficient aerators on the facility faucets.
- Steven Dorer and Amy Caldwell of the
National Vehicle & Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan, received the H2Overachiever award for retrofitting and upgrading the water infrastructure at NVFEL to achieve water savings of 22.7 percent in FY 2008 compared to FY 2007. Their efforts included installing high-efficiency toilets and urinals, upgrading equipment with a closed-loop temperature conditioner, and preheating all humidification water for rooftop air handlers with a heat exchanger using the building hot water loop, allowing the water to be better absorbed into the air stream, which requires much less water.
- The Water Team for EPA’s Main campus in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina, including team members Dan Amon, Greg Eades, Bill Gaines, Marshall Gray, Bucky Green, Dexter Johnson, Alex Montilla, Billy Morris, Sam Pagan, Carol Purvis, Bill Ridge, Pete Schubert, and Robert Wippich received the H2Overachiever award for achieving water savings of 15 percent in FY 2008 compared to FY 2007 due to several water conservation activities, including eliminating single-pass cooling from two laboratories on the RTP Main campus and retrofitting lavatory faucets and steam sterilizers with more efficient models or kits.