 WaterSense
Labeled
Flushing Urinals
Approximately 65 percent of the estimated 12
million urinals in the United States are old
and inefficient. While the current federal standard
for commercial urinals is 1.0 gallon per flush
(gpf ), some older urinals use as much as five times
that amount!
WaterSense®, a partnership program sponsored by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is helping
facility managers take a stand for water efficiency
by promoting urinals that use no more than a
half gallon per flush.
The WaterSense Label 
EPA’s high-efficiency flushing
urinals specification is the
WaterSense program’s first
labeled product aimed at
commercial and institutional
facilities. To date,
WaterSense has released
specifications for toilets and
bathroom sink faucets. Showerhead and single-family
new home specifications are in the works.
The WaterSense label, pictured above, identifies
products that have been independently tested and
certified to meet EPA’s criteria for both water efficiency
and performance. Only flushing urinals that successfully
complete the third-party certification
process can earn the WaterSense label.
Savings With Every Flush
 WaterSense
labeled urinals will help reduce water
use in commercial and institutional restrooms while
helping to preserve the nation’s water resources.
WaterSense labeled flushing urinals use no more
than 0.5 gpf and comply
with existing standards
for flushing urinals.1 To ensure adequate performance,
urinals must
also be tested for trap
seal restoration and
flush effectiveness
before they can earn the WaterSense label.
Replacing just one older, inefficient urinal that uses
1.5 gpf with a WaterSense labeled model could save
a facility approximately 4,600 gallons of water per
year. Nationwide, if all older, inefficient urinals were replaced,
we could save nearly 45 billion gallons annually. That’s enough
water to supply more than 450,000 households for a year!
Look for the Label in 2009
Whether looking to reduce water use in a new facility
or to replace old, inefficient fixtures in men’s restrooms,
builders, designers, managers, and other
specifiers can look for the WaterSense label to identify
high-performing, water-efficient urinals.
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