Water

Toro WaterSmart Partner Award

BGSU was recognized in Spring, 2010 as a Toro WaterSmart Partner.  This award recognizes those institutions that have incorporate sound and sustainable water conservation principles into their campus operations landscape irrigation systems.

Water Bottle Filling Stations

Bottling and shipping water is the least energy efficient method ever used to supply water! Roughly 30% of plastic bottles are recycled once consumed. BGSU recognizes the importance of finding a way to reduce the enormous carbon footprint that comes from drinking bottled water. Did you know? Bottle refill stations campus-wide have eliminated the use of more than 6,000,000 disposable water bottles, and counting!

Water bottle filling stations provide ideal locations to fill up re-usable water bottles, decreasing the amount of bottled water purchased on campus.

Map of Current Water Bottle Filling Stations