Treating Water With Respect

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These questions form the basis for the scoring of this category. Answers to the questions below are used to calculate the total embodied water for the product. The product's total embodied water is compared to the product class benchmark value for scoring.

In Version 1, only the embodied water in the manufactured product is scored. Use phase and end of life phase water usage is not evaluated. See issues for discussion of this.

1) What are the units used for measuring water usage for this product (check one)

___ gallons
___ cubic feet
___ liters

2) How much total water is input cradle-to-gate per unit of the product?

3) How much reclaimed water is input cradle-to-gate per unit of the product?

4) How much rain water is harvested and input cradle-to-gate per unit of the product?

5) How much reusable water is captured and re-used in processes for product systems other than the product being scored cradle-to-gate per unit of the product?

5) Water conservation activities: Does the manufacturer carry out any of the following activities?

• Published corporate improvement goals for water reduction with mechanism to track data and publicly report progress toward goals
• System to capture and use gray water from the manufacturing disposal stream
• System to capture and use rain water on site in manufacturing operations
• Closed loop water recycling system for the manufacturing process

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