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CI-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction—20% Reduction
In a restaurant, we have a foot padel hand washing for food preparation of restaurant staffs. Does it require to include this equipment in the calculation by using baseline of 0.5 gpm?
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Scott Adams
PrincipalSustainable Integration LLC
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July 17, 2014 - 11:06 pm
No, as an autocontrol fixture the base line would .25 gallons per cycle. The design case would be calculated the same as an infrared faucet, faucet flow rate for 12 seconds.
Alternatively, if the sink is located within the food prep area and could potentially be used for purposes other than hand washing you could make the argument for it being treated as a kitchen faucet rather than a lavatory with a baseline of 2.2 gpm. I have been able to make this argument before as faucets located in commercial cooking and food prep area undergo a much higher degree of health department regulation than restroom lavatories do.