{"id":1493,"date":"2015-06-24T12:33:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T16:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=1493"},"modified":"2025-03-05T13:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:04:46","slug":"water-conservation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/water-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University endeavors to conserve water through a number of campus projects and features.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rain Barrels<\/strong>, installed at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/musustainabilitygardens\/student-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\">Student Gardens<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/gardens\/student\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>, to utilize rainwater when\u00a0watering plants, thus reducing city water consumption.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Low-flow faucets<\/strong> that utilize a half gallon flow as opposed to 2-3 gallon flow.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Motion-sensor faucets<\/strong> that minimize water waste.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dual flush handles<\/strong>, allowing the user to choose to use less water when flushing liquids.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automatic low-flow urinals<\/strong>, reducing\u00a0water usage from 8 pints per flush to 1 pint per flush.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Green Roofs<\/strong>, used to both conserve heating &amp; cooling costs, as well as to reduce our impact on the local stormwater system.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/gardens\/green-roof-science-bldg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Roof &#8211; Science Building<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/applied-engineering-complex\/green-roof\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Roof &#8211; Applied Engineering Complex<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/gardens\/rain-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rain Gardens<\/a>, used to divert rainfall from local stormwater systems directly into the water-table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University endeavors to conserve water through a number of campus projects and features. Rain Barrels, installed at the Student Gardens, to utilize rainwater when\u00a0watering plants, thus reducing city water consumption. Low-flow faucets that utilize a half gallon flow as opposed to 2-3 gallon flow. Motion-sensor faucets that minimize water waste. Dual flush handles, allowing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":461,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1493","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/461"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6165,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1493\/revisions\/6165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}