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CS-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction

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Retail FTEFull-time

November 8, 2012

James Wieben

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November 8, 2012

Retail FTE is for 8 hour shifts, so if the business has 12 hours open to the public do I use a value of 1.5 x the FTE value to arrive at a value to use when defining the usage of the plumbing fixtures?

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Tristan Roberts

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Vermont House of Representatives

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November 24, 2012 - 7:38 pm

James, 1 FTE = 1 person working for 8 hours/day or 40 hours/week. How many shifts you have in a 12-hour day depends on your specifics.

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