United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Water
4204
EPA832-F-99-069
November 1999
www.epa.gov/owm
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* 'Green' Hotels Association.
(GHA) has enthusiastically
supported EPA's WAVE
program from its inception.
GHA strongly encourages .
all businesses, and especially
hoteliers, to take full
advantage of all the valuable
information and software
WAVE .provides at no
-Patricia Griffin,-..; .'"...''"'.--;
President and"Founder ".Green" Hotels Association
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S U P P LY
If the world's total water supply
were only 100 liters the usable
supply of fresh water would be
only 003 liter or half a teaspoon
(Worfd Resources 1992-1993,
Oxford Univ Press)
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Create Some
WAVEs
of Your Own
All businesses, schools, colleges and universities, institutions, govern-
ments, and other public or private organizations are eligible to join
WAVE. Your organization can play one of two roles in WAVE
Partner or Supporter. Partners include hotels, schools, colleges and
universities, businesses, and other commercial and institutional water users.
Partners demonstrate environmental leadership by surveying their facilities and
installing water efficiency technologies wherever profitable, and designing new
buildings to be water efficient. Supporters share the same responsibilities as
Partners, but also promote and educate others about available water efficiency
technologies. WAVE Supporters represent a variety of resource-conscious com-
mercial and governmental entities such as water service companies, equipment
manufacturers and suppliers, water or wastewater utilities, energy utilities, state
governments, municipalities, and consulting and engineering firms.
Survey all of the company's or institution's U.S. facilities and con-
sider a full set of options for improving the efficiency of water-
using equipment.
' _Wrthtn & years of joining WAVE, implement tease water efficiency
"projects that meet the organization's profitably criteria
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Revise employee training and education procedures to address
water efficiency issues.
Consider the use of water-efficient equipment in the design of all
new facilities.
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EPA Supports
WAVE Members
MANAGEMENT
Colleges and universities as well as "*'
other businesses and institutions W.
can benefit from becoming more j*vs
water efficient Columbia University/^ :
for example reduced its $1 million ^ ^
annual water expenditure by appro-/ ,
imately 25 percent ihrough one of V (
the largest water efficiency upgrades, «
ever attempted at a university \^ 31
The 1996 upgrades focused on,
domestic water including torletSi
showerheads and faucet aerators
, Columbia UndertooK the project' "J
because of the significant savings, ,
estimated at $235 000 per year and
the short1 payback Deirod Even WitH^
tfie cost of hiring an outside firmto *§
design and implement alllspecfs'oll
the work the payback period WaSpntf,
18 years The project^annual saw" "&
have h|elped the university to finar
additional energy conservation pn
jects vwith longer payback oeriods
E
products
PA is committed to helping all WAVE members devel
implement their WAVE initiatives as wall as promote tLir water
efltaency programs to employees, customers, and the public. As .
Free Software. Each WAVE member receives WAVE-Saver, a Windows-based
software package (Y2K compliant) that enables member to s
track water us, with ease and accuracy . WAVE-Saver allows fa
engineers and managers to identify and evaluate water efficiency
C°mplete with ^-motion video
. -d °*-lme tutorials.
automated WAVE
restrictions, for promotional purposes.
Industr_ywide and National Publicity. WAVE places articles and public
service announcements in trade journals and national publications to
recognize its members> WAVE algo isgues periodic Pg *
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EFFICIENCY
The Hyatt Regency in Monterey j
California saves more than 4 5 mil-;
* / '
Iron gallons of water and $46 000
x'
annually through laundry water \
reclamation and other efficiency ^
initiatives
The Outrigger Hotel in Honolulu,
Hawaii saves approximately 8 mil'
lion gallons of water each year, "*
through Water-efficient bathroom
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"fixtures "" < "
Join
WAV
Today!
p
reserving high-cruality drinking water resources, preserving wetlands
and other wildlife habitats, reducing wastewater, saving energy,
reducing water and air pollution, all the while saving money: the
environmental and economic benefits of water efficiency are plain to
see! In addition to the financial benefits, organizations with established water-
efficiency programs will know they are. making a difference in protecting and
preserving our environment and vital water resources, and so will their cus-
tomers. So join the many other organizations that have already made the com-
mitment to preserve tomorrow's water resources todayjoin WAVE.
To join WAVE, members complete a simple one-page agreement in which they
commit to the membership objectives listed for their appropriate role. Mem-
bers report their progress toward these objectives to EPA annually.
For additional information on WAVE and the benefits of membership callthe
WAVE Program at 202 260-7288. You also can write to the WAVE Program at
U.S. EPA (4204), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; or visit our site on
the Internet at .
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WAVE
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Story
aQuinta Inns is a charter WAVE Partner with 303 inns in 28 states.
Since late 1994 Lafthiinta Has developed an aggressive water conserva-
tion; program whicm Includes: /
.Utility bill analysis. ( ' : - . .',-'"-.'
Water efficient equipment retrofits. .' " .
Water use audits.
Water efficiency sp
new equipment.
Employee awareness pjrograms.
Through these efforts* the company has reduced water use by about 20 per-
centover 1 billion gallons! Their new, larger properties are designed for
water efficiency and use 24 percent less water than the benchmark for their
older inns. Their overall program has saved several million dollars since
inception. . 1
LaQuinta was awarded thjj 1997 San Antonio'Water System Award for Best
Practices and the U.S.: Bureau of Reclamation's Water Conservation Award
for 1.997.
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