Indoor Potable Water Use Reduction
Conserving our valuable water
Potable water – tap water in our faucets and bathroom plumbing – is valuable. We believe it's important to conserve this resource. Efficient water consumption reduces the amount of water pumped from the ground or transported from reservoirs to cities and towns. Water efficiency also reduces the cost and amount of treatment after use.
Impact Career Innovation Center's building maximizes efficient water use and reduces the burden on our local water supply, aquifers, and wastewater treatment systems. All plumbing fixtures utilized in the restrooms at Impact are low-flow devices with water-use savings measuring 30 percent over the Collaborative for High Performance (CHPS) baseline. Low-flow fixtures are modern toilets, faucets, and shower heads that use significantly less water than their standard counterparts. They can save water, energy, and money.
- Low-flow fixtures are specifically designed to limit water waste. The average low-flow fixture expels around half the gallons per minute than a standard fixture. Add that up over time, and you can save thousands of gallons of water per year!
- Low-flow faucets use 1.5 gallons per minute and can reduce a sink's water flow by about 30 percent.
- Low-flow toilets use 1.28 gallons used by low-flow toilet fixtures, compared with 1.6 gallons per flush in a standard toilet.
Indoor Potable Water Use Reduction is one of the standards of Collaborative for High Performance Schools. CHPS is a nonprofit organization that works to ensure all PK-12 students have access to environments that support learning and wellness. School facilities constructed or renovated using CHPS high performance building criteria are more energy- and water-efficient, and make a difference for students, teachers, and communities.