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I LOVE Tap Water Campaign

In 2011, we began the I LOVE TAP WATER campaign, a campus-wide campaign aimed at promoting tap water consumption on our campus, and consequently reducing plastic bottle consumption.  Across the campus, we are installing "hydration stations" -- stations that dispense filtered tap water -- to make it easier for students, faculty, and staff to refill their water bottles with tap water. 

 I LOVE Tap Water Refillable Bottles

While attending this year's Fall Engagement Sessions, about 560 faculty and staff members received stainless steel water bottles, to coincide with UW-Stout's I LOVE TAP WATER campaign.

Hydration Stations

Based on past communications, the following were identified as 1st priority buildings. 

Installed prior to Winter Break:

• RSSLC, 1st floor across from the elevator
• Micheels Hall, 1st floor near Furlong Gallery
• Jarvis Science Wing,1st floor of the addition, east hallway near the elevator
• Communications Technology, 2nd floor near north entrance

Installed during Winter Break:

• Heritage Hall, 1st floor south entry, near the elevator
• Fryklund Hall, 1st floor near the north entry
• Keith Hall, 4th floor

To be installed during Spring Semester:

• Jarvis Tech Wing, 1st floor main corridor, near the Construction Dept. offices
• Vocational Rehabilitation, Ground floor, near south entry
• Wigen Hall, 1st floor
• Bowman Hall, 1st floor
• Administration, 1st floor
  

Decade of Water Consumption

The graphic below represents the total water consumption on campus for years 2000-2010.