Wow-wee! The hits just keep on coming! Aquacue has been wondering about the lingering effects of last October’s Water Battle among student residence halls at UC Merced. We just compared the nine Valley Terraces halls’ water consumption from November to October and found that students continued to reduce their water consumption by an additional 6% month over month! (Note: the students achieved a 14% water savings during the month-long water battle—and now have a two-month water savings of 20% since the beginning of the school year.)
In calculating the numbers we normalized 6 days of water usage to account for the long Thanksgiving holiday and for the extra day in October, and the residents still came in 30,200 gallons UNDER their water use in October. Amazing!
Our conclusion: the Water Battle did what it was supposed to do—help student residents reduce their water use and improve UC Merced’s water efficiency. The numbers prove it. Congratulations, UC Merced! Stay dry!
