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NC-2009 WEp1:Water Use Reduction—20% Reduction

Public vs Private Lavatory Faucet

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LUCY WILLIAMS
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Lucy C. Williams, Architect
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Hi, I am inquiring about the difference between private lavatory and public lavatory faucets. Based on the reference guide, I understand that all faucets in restrooms other than hotel guest rooms and hospital patient rooms are to be considered public lavatory faucets with a baseline flow rate of .5 gpm. If a .5 gpm flow rate is used as the baseline, how can the flow rate be improved at these faucets to contribute to the points? Please advise. Thank you!

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Fri, 10/11/2013 - 20:17

Hi Lucy, We often use a metered faucet with a 0.5 gpm flowrate. That means using the calculation - 0.5 gpm X 12 sec duration / 60 seconds - you enter a proposed rate of 0.1 gpm. That can help considerably depending on your scenario.

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