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Installing a waterless urinal during new construction costs about the same as or less than installing a water-using system. It’s less because none of the flush-urinal plumbing is required. However, some building owners wonder if it is worth installing a waterless system in an existing building...

Many facility managers are unaware of the important role a waterless urinal’s trap/cylinder plays in keeping restrooms healthy and odor free. Although it serves other purposes as well, one of the key reasons for the trap/cylinder is to keep foul odors from escaping into the restroom from the pipes...

Many people believe that the water in a flush urinal system flushes away not only urine but also the possibility that bacteria will build up on the inner walls of the urinal. They believe that this does not happen with a no-water system so bacteria can build, causing health, odor, and other problems...

As I write this (September 15, 2010), World Water Week is finishing up in Stockholm, Sweden. This annual event, which has been going on for nearly 20 years, brings together experts on water-related issues from around the world. Through seminars and workshops, these experts exchange data, note trends...

A comprehensive study released by Carnegie Mellon University and published a few months ago in Environmental Science & Technology finds that much of the water consumed in private industry today is “hidden” because it is not used directly. For instance, the study found that it takes about...

Scientists and water experts have predicted for several years that the United States is headed for some rather serious water shortage problems. Their predictions are based on climate changes as well as practical and potentially costly concerns, such as the failure to upgrade water infrastructure in major...

Will today's homeowners accept home urinals?

Many facility managers know that even a small leak from a faucet or toilet can add up to a lot of water over time. According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, if one faucet leaks just 10 drips per minute, it amounts to 14,400 drips per day and more than 347 gallons of water per year. But less is...

What do Harvard and Yale Universities, Eastern and Western Connecticut State Universities, the Vermont National Guard, Delta Airlines (in Logan Airport, Boston), and Camelot Cruise Lines based in Haddam, CT, all have in common? If you said they are all in New England, you’d be right. But all of...

Chris, below is an article I prepared for a newsletter on maintaining waterless urinals. Possibly this will provide the info you need. Occasionally facility managers complain that their no-water urinal systems are causing odor problems in their restrooms. Often, a waterless urinal is actually more odor...

This thread provided good information regarding the control of odours related to the maintenance of the seal and cartridges (where applicable), but I don't see any comments related to the odours that seem to be commonly attributed to the urine that tends to remain on the inside of the urinal between...

When it comes to facility operation and upkeep, proper cleaning and maintenance of fixtures is imperative --and this is no less true for waterless urinal systems. With that in mind, Waterless Co.--the oldest manufacturer of no-water urinal systems in the United States--is launching a series of Waterless...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hello, We invite you to take our one-question poll asking what you believe is the most overlooked consideration when managers install no-water urinal systems. You will see the results immediately after you vote. We are not told...

Hello, I’m not sure exactly how you determined the return on investment (ROI) of installing no-water urinal systems and am sure there can be different variables. For instance, it is almost always less expensive to install a waterless urinal in a newly constructed facility versus a retrofit. This...

Discussion of the Dudley H. Davis Center, the new student union building at the University of Vermont, and how it earned the gold.

Hello, Some of the items you discussed in your message have been addressed by me and others here. However, in reading your message, something jumped out that I do not see covered anywhere else. You’re paying $60 per cartridge? That’s $2,400 a year. That is high. I’m pretty sure I know...

Why more and more facilties are considering the installatoin of waterless urinal systems.

Although waterless urianls have been around for decades, many people do not know how they work. This FAQ should answer many questions.

Saving water not only promotes sustainablity, it can save money as well.

When it comes to restrooms, facility managers, developers and building owners can take a number of steps that help lower costs and, what may be more important in the long run, keep cleaning and maintenance costs down for years to come.

Article discusses ways hotel properties can measure their water consumption

One of the issues discussed in this conversation involved malodor problems with no-water urinal systems. I would like to address some of those issues here: There may actually be a few reasons for the malodor problem you are experiencing. Fortunately, most malodor problems with waterless urinals can be...

I apologize that I did not read the eintire thread before posting the information about the Ecoblue Cube. Obviously, I sell this system so my post is "salesy". However, very few people in North America know about this very effective system and I want to get the word out about it. One of the...

An extremely effective way to deal with conventional flush urinals and waterless urinals is to use the Ecoblue Cube. If you have a flush urinal, it can be modified for very little cost and in minutes, saving the cost of a waterless urinal and avoiding diposal of an otherwise perfectly good urinal. If...

Thanks, Randy. For those of you who have specified waterless urinals in your facilities, what has been your experience cleaning and maintaining them?