Our Water Strategy and Action Plan have been developed in-line with the new University-wide 2035 Strategy. We are developing high-level targets for improving the water efficiency of our organisation, with the aim to save us money, reduce our impact on the environment and enhance our reputation as a sustainable university.
In the 2021/22 academic year we have seen a significant decrease in annual water usage to levels below any previous year's use (baseline data 2012/13). This reduction can be attributed primarily to our redevelopment programs (an increase in use will be seen when some buildings come back online), but lower occupancy rates alongside our proactive conservation and efficiency measures would also have contributed to this decrease.
Reducing our water use and wastage is important to us, we deliver this in three key ways:
We provide free drinking water at all our catering outlets (and other locations throughout our campuses) to encourage the use of refillable water bottles. This also helps reduce the amount of plastic waste generated from single-use water bottles.
For more information, see our Water Strategy and Water Reduction Action Plan.
