Under UNH's Biodiversity Education Initiative and EcoSystem Task Force, the university strives to conserve water and preserve its quality.

Operations

College Brook Ecological Restoration Project

Hydration stations

• 8 units installed in the UNH MUB
• Units installed in the following residence halls: Stoke, Lord, Jessie Doe, Gibbs, Englehardt, Hunter, and Alexander halls
• 2 in the Hamel Recreation Center

Low-flow Fixtures

UNH Housing users Symmons Hyda pipe shower valves with low flow shower heads, SymmonsTouch Free low flow toilet Valves, and SymmonsTouch free low flow Sink Faucets in Williamson, Christensen and Hubbard Halls.

This has a major – up to 25% – water savings in the three buildings. UNH will be saving 5,322 gallons of water per year.

Landscaping and Integrated Pest Management

Partial Water Bottle Ban

UNH Dining does not provide bottled water in the dining halls. Hydration stations are available for students to fill their reusable water bottles at the Memorial Union Building and several residence halls on campus. 

Stormwater management

• UNH Storm Water Management Fact Sheet
• UNH Storm Water Management Plan
• "Storm Water Runoff, There is No Away" Video Services, University of New Hampshire, Seacoast Storm Water Coalition, ©2003.Requires Apple Quick Time®.
• "Protecting Our Water" UNH and the Seacoast Storm Water Coalition, 2005. Requires Apple Quick Time®.

Water treatment

Research

• Freshwater and estuarine
• Marine
• New Hampshire Water Resources Research Center
• Stormwater Research Center
• UNH Center for Stormwater Technology Evaluation and Verification (CSTEV)

Engagement

• New Hampshire Estuaries Project (NHEP)
• "Tap In" Educational Series
• In 2010-2011, student interns worked with the non-profit group Food & Water Watch and the Sustainability Institute to conducta "Take Back the Tap" Campaign to educate students and staff on the negative social and environmental issues surrounding the use of bottled water.