5.6: Water Use
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SAS' 900-acre headquarters campus in Cary and 13 owned offices globally use water for office and data center cooling, cafés,
gymnasium operations, landscape irrigation and general employee consumption. Water conservation is critical to SAS because
many of our facilities operate in communities that have experienced significant water shortfalls and are subject to water
use restrictions. At SAS headquarters, a combination of water-saving technologies and practices coupled with increased employee
awareness about water usage has resulted in significant savings. The Cary campus used 151,348 cubic meters of municipal water
and approximately 44,000 cubic meters of ground water from 15 wells in 2012. For 13 other owned facilities worldwide, SAS
used 51,888 cubic meters of municipal water in 2012. In 2012, SAS:
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