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Welcome to the Targeted Sustainable Facility eNews: Water Efficiency and Quality |
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Conserve to Preserve 
As we compiled this year's list of the most requested products of the past year for Sustainable Facility's sister publication, ED+C, I was surprised at the number of products having to do with water. In fact, there were so many that I asked our production manager to recount the tallies two more times.
It shouldn't come as any surprise, though. It seems that areas of the south and southwest are constantly besieged by drought, which is a symptom of our ever-growing built environment having an impact on the amount of rainwater returning to rivers, lakes and underground aquifers. Additionally, the growing population in the U.S. and elsewhere is leading to greater water consumption.
Throw in the discovery of heightened levels of pharmaceuticals in public drinking water in the past year, and you have people starting to realize how scarce and valuable our planet's freshwater is.
The key to preserving what water we have is through less consumption, finding ways to be less wasteful and taking better care of our potable supplies. An added benefit to reducing overall water consumption is in reduced costs. After all, when something becomes scarcer and demand increases, prices tend to increase as well. To that end, this eNews highlights the news, products and some articles which focus on water quality and conservation.
Cheers,
Derrick
Sustainable Facility Managing Editor
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Green Building projects recognize that water storage is a key element in maximizing water
 conservation design possibilities. Xerxes underground fiberglass storage tanks offer an innovative way to store water while earning LEED design points with a cost-effective solution.
Some Green Building applications utilizing Xerxes fiberglass tanks include:
* Rainwater Harvesting
* Stormwater Management
* Landscape Irrigation
* Onsite Wastewater Systems
* Greywater Recycling
* Chiller Unit Water Collection
For more information, visit our web site at www.xerxes.com or call us at 952-887-1890 for a copy of our Green Building Applications brochure. |
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The Evolution Continues...
by Tommy Linstroth LEED AP
For those of you following the rollout of LEED 2009, you're sure to have noticed by now a number of changes to the credits: increased thresholds for existing credits, more regional opportunities and a completely different weighting system. ...
For the full story, click here.
Optimizing Chiller Water Systems
by Catherine Luthin
With healthcare being one of the few industries seeing growth in the United States today, hospitals are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of using a sustainable approach to that growth. ...
For the full story, click here. |
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Calendar of Events
Alternative Energy & Building Efficiency Conference & Exhibition
Nov 18, 2009 - Nov 20, 2009
Santa Clara, Calif.
Ecobuild America
Dec 8, 2009 - Dec 10, 2009
Washington DC
2010 AHR EXPO
Jan 25, 2010 - Jan 27, 2010
Orlando, Florida
CORE's Fifth Annual Sustainable Opportunities Summit & Expo
Mar 2, 2010 - Mar 4, 2010
Denver, Colorado
Light+Building 2010
Apr 11, 2010 - Apr 16, 2010
Frankfurt am Main
National Green Builders Products Expo
Apr 27, 2010 - Apr 28, 2010
Las Vegas , Nevada
Click here for even more events. |
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| Water Efficiency and Quality News |
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World Toilet Day Event on Capitol Hill
November 19th is World Toilet Day. Access to a toilet is a privilege we take for granted every time we flush, but it would improve the lives of billions of people. Disease spread by human excrement kills more children each year than HIV, TB and malaria combined, yet few people confront this crisis because of the taboo surrounding it. ...
CleanWay launches new Website to Help Improve Water Quality
For industrial and commercial businesses and municipalities looking to improve water quality at their sites, CleanWay offers an alternative to large and often costly manufactured systems to remove pollutants from stormwater and wastewater discharge. With the recent launch of their revamped website, at www.cleanwayusa.com
visitors can learn more about cost-effective catch basin inserts that can be configured to meet the needs of their site for adsorbing pollutants and capturing dissolved metals from stormwater and wastewater discharge. ...
EPA's WaterSense Label Available for First Commercial Building Product
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its first WaterSense specification for a commercial building product. WaterSense labeled flushing urinals will use 50 percent less water than standard urinals, saving businesses 4,000 gallons of water per year for every model installed. ...
WaterSense Partners of the Year named
More than 1,000 WaterSense partners helped Americans save 9.3 billion gallons of water in 2008. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named five of them as the 2009 WaterSense Partners of the Year.
"Our partners have demonstrated how collaboration and commitment to water efficiency can result in major savings for Americans," said Peter S. Silva, assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Water. ...
EPA Expects to Revise Rules for Wastewater Discharges from Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to revise the existing standards for water discharges from coal-fired power plants to reduce pollution and better protect America's water. Wastewater discharged from coal ash ponds, air pollution control equipment, and other equipment at power plants can contaminate drinking water sources, cause fish and other wildlife to die and create other detrimental environmental effects. ... |
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HETs Deliver Unsurpassed Performance and Self-Clean with Every Flush 
TOTO introduced the contemporary one-piece UltraMax II and two-piece Drake II High Efficiency Toilets (HETs) with its 1.28 gpf Double Cyclone Flush Engine.
Upon initiation of the 1.28 Double Cyclone flush, three actions occur nearly simultaneously. ...
Lavatory Metering Faucets
Designed to keep water usage and waste to an absolute minimum, Elkay Commercial Products' sleek new lavatory metering faucets dispense a fixed amount of water once the valve handle is pressed down. ...
High-Efficiency Back Outlet Toilet
Caroma's newest high efficiency toilet (HET), the Sydney Smart back outlet, is one of the first back outlet dual flush toilets to be WaterSense labeled, delivering high performance and water savings in the bathroom. ...
Waste Water Treatment and Reuse Technology
GE Power & Water introduces its new compact ZeeWeed 500D-16, which is ideal for small capacity water reuse plants, the company reports. GE's ZeeWeed membrane technology has been proven for more than two decades, the company says, for wastewater treatment and water reuse.
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Stormwater Systems
CULTEC Recharger V8 is the company's largest capacity plastic chamber able to hold approximately 100 cubic feet of water when installed according to manufacturer's instructions. ...
System Captures, Contains and Recycles Stormwater and Urban Runoff
Oceansafe is a patented new system that captures, cleanses and recycles stormwater and urban runoff from parking facilities, plazas and other hardscape structures. ...
Waterfree Urinal with Messaging Opportunities
The new F7000 waterfree urinal by Falcon Waterfree Technologies introduces a revolutionary splash-free bowl design. The Falcon F7000 urinal also includes a special area for messaging, which can be used to describe water savings and other environmental accomplishments of the facility, or employed as revenue-generating advertising space. ... |
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