It seems that EnergyStar certified dishwashers are not available in Poland. Credit language states that we can select a dishwasher that is not certified but which complies with the requirements of EnergyStar certification - water usage of ≤ 3.10 gallons/cycle for compact dishwashers. Can anyone confirm if this water usage restrictions apply to an average water usage or the maximum water usage during one cycle? Additionally do all the programs that can be selected while using a dishwasher have to comply with this limit or is it enough that for example there's an ecoprogram which uses less water and there are others which use more? 

It seems to be very hard to find equipment which never uses more than 3.10 gallons/cycle. Did anyone in Europe had a similar problem?