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Low-flow Fixtures
A low-flow fixture is a water saving plumbing fixture designed to achieve water savings by having a lower flow rate of water or a smaller quantity per flush. Some of these low-flow fixtures are faucets, showerheads, and toilets. In the United States a maximum water usage of conventional plumbing fixtures was federally mandated by the Energy policy act of 1992. Low-flow fixtures are designed to save water over conventional fixtures by having a lower flow rate while still maintaining satisfactory performance. The Environmental protection agency (EPA) WaterSense program has requirements for plumbing fixtures to achieve their definition for water saving low-flow. History In the United States, Water efficient low-flow fixtures such as toilets, faucets, and showerheads first became available to consumers in the 1980s. By 1992, 17 states and the district of Columbia had adopted their own water efficiency standards. The United States Energy Policy Act of 1992 mandated the first maximum w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plumbing Fixture
A plumbing fixture is an exchangeable device which can be connected to a plumbing system to deliver and drain water. Common fixtures Supply The most common plumbing fixtures are: *Bathtubs *Bidets * Channel drains *Drinking fountains * Hose bib (connections for water hoses) *Janitor sinks * Kitchen sinks *Showers *Pipes *Tapware - an industry term for that sub-category of plumbing fixtures consisting of tap valves, also called water taps (British English) or faucets (American English), and their accessories, such as water spouts and shower heads. *Terminal valves for dishwashers, ice makers, humidifiers, etc. *Urinals *Utility sinks *Flush toilets Waste Each of these plumbing fixtures has one or more water outlets and a drain. In some cases, the drain has a device that can be manipulated to block the drain to fill the basin of the fixture. Each fixture also has a ''flood rim'', or level at which water will begin to overflow. Most fixtures also have an overflow, which is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in 1968. He became president of his father's real estate business in 1971 and renamed it The Trump Organization. He expanded the company's operations to building and renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He later started side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. From 2004 to 2015, he co-produced and hosted the reality television series ''The Apprentice (American TV series), The Apprentice''. Trump and his businesses have been involved in more than 4,000 state and federal legal actions, including six bankruptcies. Trump's political positions have been described as populist, protectionist, isolationist, and nationalist. He won the 2016 United States presidential election as the Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dual-flush Toilet
A dual flush toilet is a variation of the flush toilet that uses two buttons or a handle mechanism to flush different amounts of water. The purpose of this mechanism is to reduce the volume of water used to flush different types of waste. The design takes advantage of the fact that liquid waste requires a lesser amount of water to flush than solid waste. Development The system was developed by Japanese sanitary product manufacturer TOTO in 1960. It was equipped with two levers and built-in hand-washer, and also notable in that it reused the water in the hand-washer for flushing. However, it was not very commercially successful either in Japan or internationally. In 1976, American industrial designer Victor Papanek proposed the dual flush system in his book ''Design for the real world'', but the first practical implementation was designed in 1980, by staff at the Australian sanitary-ware company Caroma, with flush volumes of 11 and 5.5 litres. The design caught on, and a rede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low-flush Toilet
A low-flush toilet (or low-flow toilet or high-efficiency toilet) is a flush toilet that uses significantly less water than traditional high-flow toilets. Before the early 1990s in the United States, standard flush toilets typically required at least 3.5 gallons (13.2 litres) per flush and they used float valves that often leaked, increasing their total water use. In the early 1990s, because of concerns about water shortages, and because of improvements in toilet technology, some states and then the federal government began to develop water-efficiency standards for appliances, including toilets, mandating that new toilets use less water. The first standards required low-flow toilets of 1.6 gallons (6.0 litres) per flush. Further improvements in the technology to overcome concerns about the initial poor performance of early models have further cut the water use of toilets and while federal standards stagnate at 1.6 gallons per flush, certain states' standards toughened up to require ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low-flush Toilet (3212351477)
A low-flush toilet (or low-flow toilet or high-efficiency toilet) is a flush toilet that uses significantly less water than traditional high-flow toilets. Before the early 1990s in the United States, standard flush toilets typically required at least 3.5 gallons (13.2 litres) per flush and they used float valves that often leaked, increasing their total water use. In the early 1990s, because of concerns about water shortages, and because of improvements in toilet technology, some states and then the federal government began to develop water-efficiency standards for appliances, including toilets, mandating that new toilets use less water. The first standards required low-flow toilets of 1.6 gallons (6.0 litres) per flush. Further improvements in the technology to overcome concerns about the initial poor performance of early models have further cut the water use of toilets and while federal standards stagnate at 1.6 gallons per flush, certain states' standards toughened up to require ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faucet Aerator
A faucet aerator (or tap aerator) is often found at the tip of modern indoor water faucets. Aerators can simply be screwed onto the faucet head, creating a non-splashing stream and often delivering a mixture of water and air. Function An aerator can: * Prevent splashing * Shape the water stream coming out of the faucet spout, to produce a straight and evenly pressured stream * Conserve water and reduce energy costs * Reduce faucet noise * Increase perceived water pressure (often used in homes with low water pressure); sometimes described as a pressure regulator or flow regulator * Provide slight filtration of debris due to a small sieve plate Splash prevention When a single stream of water hits a surface the water must go somewhere, and because the stream is uniform the water will tend to go mostly in the same direction. If a single stream hits a surface which is curved, then the stream will conform to the shape and be easily redirected with the force of the volume of water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flow Restrictor
A flow limiter or flow restrictor is a device to restrict the flow of a fluid, in general a gas or a liquid. Some designs use single stage or multi stage orifice plates to handle high and low flow rates. Flow limiters are often used in manufacturing plants as well as households. Safety is usually the main purpose of using a flow limiter. An example is manufacturing facilities and laboratories using flow limiters to prevent injury or death from noxious gases that are in use. The flow limiter prevents gases from causing injury or death by reducing its cross-sectional area where gas flows. Uses * Reduce flow of fluid (velocity) through a system, e.g. to reduce water usage in a shower * Reduce the amount of gas passing through a system * Reduce pressure in a system * Applications in medical instrumentation * As a safety valve to provide limited flow after closing in the event of a broken hose. (See '' Hydraulic fuse''). Specifications *Orifice diameter *Flow tolerance *Media temperatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faucets
A tap (also spigot or faucet: see usage variations) is a valve controlling the release of a liquid or gas. Nomenclature United Kingdom * Tap is used in the United Kingdom and most of the Commonwealth for any everyday type of valve, particularly the fittings that control water supply to bathtubs and sinks. United States * Faucet is the most common term in the US, similar in use to "tap" in British English, e.g. "water faucet" (although the term "tap" is also used in the US). * Spigot is used by professionals in the trade (such as plumbers), and typically refers to an outdoor fixture. * Silcock (and sillcock), same as "spigot", referring to a "cock" (as in stopcock and petcock) that penetrates a foundation sill. * Bib (bibcock, and hose bib or hosebibb), usually a freeze-resistant version of a "spigot". * Wall hydrant, same as "hosebibb". * Tap generally refers to a keg or barrel tap, though also commonly refers to a faucet that supplies either hot or cold water and not b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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