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Minimum‐flow plumbing fixtures

Journal AWWA, 1983
Minimum‐flow plumbing fixtures and household appliances, designed to reduce water consumption by 50 to 90 percent, provide comparable service, are functionally similar to conventional products, are compatible with utility systems, and are potentially cost‐effective.
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Low‐Volume Plumbing Fixtures Achieve Water Savings

Opflow, 2014
This column summarizes the latest findings and consumer responses to water‐efficient plumbing fixtures as reported by water utilities and documented by industry and government research. Low‐volume fixtures have helped the United States increase its water‐use efficiency and led to the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) WaterSense program.
Amy Vickers, David Bracciano
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Cross‐Connection and Plumbing‐Fixture Studies

Journal AWWA, 1933
The possibility of re-contamination of the drinking water supplythrough a connection with a water supply that is not properly protected to insure a safe sanitary quality is well recognized by public health authorities. In a recent paper,1 the statement is made that of the typhoid cases reported in the United States during the decade of 1920-29, caused ...
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Specific metal migration from plumbing fixtures

2007
This paper describes the migration of metals from plumbing fixtures during safety ...
Bošnir, Jasna, Puntarić, Dinko
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Potential Impact of Water‐Efficient Plumbing Fixtures on Office Water Consumption

Journal AWWA, 1992
A July 1989 amendment to the New York State Plumbing Fixture Law of 1980 requires that all buildings constructed or renovated after 1992 be provided with plumbing fixtures that are “water‐efficient.” This article describes a fixture‐use procedure developed for estimating water consumption in office buildings and the utilization of the procedure to ...
Patrick J. Behling   +1 more
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Impact of household plumbing fixtures on drinking water quality — a review

International Journal of Environmental Studies, 1999
This paper reviews the pertinent literature published since 1970 on the impact of household plumbing systems on drinking water quality through the leaching of metals such as cadmium, copper, iron, lead, tin and zinc into potable water. Copper is found to be more easily and extensively leached than lead.
T. Viraraghavan   +2 more
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Water‐Use Efficiency Standards for Plumbing Fixtures: Benefits of National Legislation

Journal AWWA, 1990
Proposed US legislation would establish nationwide water‐use efficiency standards for plumbing fixtures and appliances. The legislation is intended to reduce the need for and costs of developing new sources of raw water by reducing demand. Potential benefits of the legislation for both water and wastewater systems are assessed.
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An approach for optimising the fixturing configuration in flexible machining fixtures

International Journal of Production Research, 2021
Liang Li
exaly  

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