6- Clean Water and Sanitation
Here are the actions that UdeM and its community are implementing for water use and rainwater management.
Rainwater Management
The Water Management Master Plan on the University of Montreal Campus has its mission to:
- Upgrade the site to meet the criteria of the municipal by-law for non-compliant projects completed in recent years;
- Give the main axes and solutions to achieve the retention of projects to be carried out in the future years.
Institution’s rainwater management plan:
Water Use
REDUCTION IN POTABLE WATER USE PER PERSON
The level of ”Physical Risk Quantity” for the institution’s main campus as indicated by the World Resources Institute Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas is Low
Total water withdrawal (potable and non-potable combined):
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Total water withdrawal | 72,372,312 Cubic Metres | 43,523,554 Cubic Metres |
Potable water use:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Potable water use | 72,372,312 Cubic Metres | 43,523,554 Cubic Metres |
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
| Start Date | End Date | |
| Performance Period | May 1, 2021 | April 30, 2022 |
| Baseline Period | May 1, 2018 | April 30, 2019 |
REDUCTION IN POTABLE WATER USE PER UNIT OF FLOOR AREA
Gross floor area of building space:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Gross floor area | 735,947 Gross Square Metres | 638,771 Gross Square Metres |
Potable water use per unit of floor area:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Potable water use per unit of floor area | 98.34 Cubic Metres / GSM | 1.672 Cubic Metres / GSM |
REDUCTION IN TOTAL WATER WITHDRAWAL PER UNIT OF VEGETATED GROUNDS
Area of vegetated grounds:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Vegetated grounds | 28.77 Hectares | 28.77 Hectares |
Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds | 2,515,547.86 Cubic Metres / Hectare | 1,512,810.36 Cubic Metres / Hectare |
Percentage reduction in total water withdrawal per unit of vegetated grounds from baseline: 66.28