Water Conservation

Mission

To move Georgia College toward greater environmental sustainability in the area of water conservation.

Goals

to improve methods employed to measure campus water use and provide periodic water use reports
to record and track water conservation related projects
to review best practices in water conservation and cost efficiency
to generate greater awareness of local and global water conservation issues
to recommend actions that reduce water use and promote cost efficiency

Conserving Water

The drought of 2007 forced GC campus to come to grips with the fact that water in Georgia is becoming increasingly scarce, especially in dry years. In fact, the Governor created a Drought Response Working Group to promote water conservation among all state agencies and institutions. The group is very active in its efforts and has published these important web sites:

Here at Georgia College, we have taken efforts to curb excessive water use, including:

A campus water use and irrigation audit
Installation of irrigation use meters
Reducing our outdoor watering
The student cafeteria has elected to go "tray-less" to save food waste and water
Encouraging conservation in the residence halls through the Zap the Tap program
Installation of low-flow washing machines in the residence halls

Here are some other great ideas for conserving water resources:

Georgia College Sustainability Council
Campus Box 047 | Milledgeville, GA 31061
Phone 478-445-7379 | Fax 478-445-4009
For more information: green@gcsu.edu