ARLINGTON, VA. — The U.S. Army's Facilities Policy Division and Installation Management Agency have changed the specification for new construction and major retrofits to now specify waterless urinals.
ST. PAUL, MINN. – Lawmakers here have lifted a statewide ban on waterless urinals initially supported by a trade group that wanted amendments to the state’s plumbing code addressing the water-saving ...
A very interesting, pretty well-balanced feature from Joshua Davis in Wired about the rise of the waterless urinal that gives a vivid example of how professional opposition to interesting innovations ...
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Urinals at Physical Plant Management (PPM). Waterless urinals were installed at CSUN in an effort to conserve water. Photo Credit: Karoline Steavenson / Contributing Reporter Waterless urinals across ...
With each flush of that porcelain vessel, a gallon of water goes coursing down the pipelines into the caustic graveyard of public sewage. A whole gallon of water lost in the aftermath of a single ...
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I examine restrooms where ever I travel because their design captures some essence of a society, since every strata of humanity needs to use one. This fact makes a toilet a very political thing. For ...
Question: Hi Ed, After years of saving and planning I’m going to build a pool room in my basement, complete with a small bar and a bathroom. Since it will be mostly my friends and me using this room, ...