| Existing Water System | WaterFree System | ||||
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| Water Use | |||||
| Water use per day | 0 | gallons | 0 | gallons | |
| Water use per year | 0 | gallons | 0 | gallons | |
| Water & Sewer Cost | |||||
| Total water & sewer costs | $0.00 | $0.00 | |||
| Maintenance cost | $0.00 | $0.00 | |||
| Total trap cost | $0.00 | $0.00 | |||
| Total operational cost | $0.00 | Traps: | $0.00 | ||
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| Annual savings with WaterFree System | $0.00 | ||||
| Trap consumption | |||||
| Trap life cycle: | 7,000 | uses | |||
| Annual trap consumption: | 0 | ||||
| Total trap cost | 0 | units at: $35.00 | Total: | $0.00 | |
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| Important: This Payback Analysis is based on the number of users, and gallons used per flush. An infrared valve may consume more water on average. This and other factors not mentioned may increase the water consumption rate. |
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| 1 | Use an average 3 uses/day/adult male: United States Federal Energy Management Agency. | ||||
| 2 | Assumes .5 hours per urinal per year for urinals with mechanical flush valves. (Note - .75 hours per year per urinal for urinals with photo-electric/infrared automatic flush valves.) Source: American Society of Plumbing Engineers. |
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| 3 | Assumes a typical failure rate for flush valves is approximately 5% per year, and repair/replacement parts average $35. Also assumes an estimated vandalism rate for flush valves at approximately 5% per year, and repair/replacement parts average $100 for mechanical valves. Source: UCLA Maintenance Department. |
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| 4 | Assumes average of 1 hour per year per flush urinal to cleanup overflows and/or remove line blockages. Source: American Society of Plumbing Engineers. |
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