Infection control resistance to WaterSense fixtures

Margaret Montgomery

Principal

NBBJ Architects

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United States

November 11, 2022

Has anyone run into a challenge with patient room faucets? We seem to have an infection control team that won't allow less than the 2.2 gpm flow rate, which is not WaterSense compliant. It's a prerequisite, so, kind of important to find a path that works.

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Dave Hubka

Practice Leader - Sustainability

EUA

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Fri, 11/11/2022 - 20:32

I have had a similar situation where patient / client rooms each had a faucet. We are allowed to include or exclude these fixtures at our discretion so the WS label requirement was not a show-stopper. But it has been a few years since that project and GBCI may be enforcing it differently now.