I have a cut sheet on a faucet the building owners want to use in the public lavatories in their 3,5000 sq. ft.dental building. They and their staff are the only tenants. The psi and the gpm are high - 87 psi and 3 gpm. Can an aerator be used ito reduce the water flow? I have looked everywhere I can think of online and I’m coming up blank.
Thank you for your help.
Linda
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Paul Telford
Mechanical EngineerMazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
10 thumbs up
December 20, 2011 - 6:42 pm
Yes an aerator can be used to reduce the water flow. The only catch is, if a lower flow aerator is manufactured for that specific faucet. I'd initially consult the faucet manufacturer. If that doesn't work, you can circumvent them and go to the aerator manufacturer, assuming that's a separate company. Neoperl (http://www.neoperl.com/default.aspx) is a large supplier to domestic faucet manufacturers and often times can tell you what aerators will fit what faucets.
Alternately, you could consider reducing the pressure of your whole system and naturally your flow will reduce.
Jonathan Weiss
Jacobs Buildings & Infrastructure215 thumbs up
January 10, 2012 - 4:36 pm
Just a caution that reducing the pressure is not an option for LEED calculations - the LEED calculations are based on a baseline pressure. The pressure will affect the actual water savings, but LEED has been pretty consistent that the calcs need to have the same pressure.