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

WEp1 - Commercial Kitchen Sinks

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Sean Hogan
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Hi, I'm working on a large commercial project where there are cookery demonstration rooms that up to 50 visitors will attend on a daily basis. These spaces have kitchen sinks and hand wash basins for demonstrators. Must these be included in the water use reduction calculations or can they be considered process water use? Sean

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Wed, 07/24/2013 - 15:46

Hi Sean, We've done several projects with commercial kitchens both NC and CI. My understanding is that the kitchen sinks can be process water and excluded but the hand washing sinks are included. A designated hand washing sink is subject to the requirements no matter where it is.
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Mon, 07/29/2013 - 14:56

Thanks Michelle, That's a I thought, but good to have it confirmed. Sean
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Mon, 01/26/2015 - 21:53

To take this one step further, I was hoping for a little help on documentation of this credit. I have a community center with a catering kitchen. It is assumed that the regular staff will use the catering kitchen hand-washing sink which has the same flow rate as the bathroom lavatories. I have 2 fixture groups (FTE and Transients who use the "multi-stall" restrooms and FTE and Transients who use the "Unisex" restrooms.) In order to account for Only the FTE who would be using this hand washing sink within the catering kitchen on the premises, would I need to create a whole new fixture group? Thanks!

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