§ 15-0314. Powers and responsibilities with respect to certain plumbing\n fixtures.\n 1. On and after the effective date of this section, no individual,\npublic or private corporation, political subdivision, government agency,\ndepartment or bureau of the state, municipality, industry,\nco-partnership, association, firm, trust, estate or other legal entity\nshall, for purposes of use in this state, distribute, sell, offer for\nsale, import or install any sink faucet or lavatory faucet, shower head,\ndrinking water fountain, urinal or water closet, including tank-type\ntoilets, flushometer-tank toilets, flushometer-valve toilets,\nelectromechanical hydraulic toilets, and all other types of toilets that\nuse water and associated flush-valve, if any, unless it shall meet the\nwater saving performance standards as provided for in subdivision two of\nthis section.\n 2. The water saving performance standards for sink and lavatory\nfaucets, shower heads, drinking water fountains, urinals and water\nclosets, including tank-type toilets, flushometer-tank toilets,\nflushometer-valve toilets, electromechanical hydraulic toilets,\ndual-flush toilets and all other types of toilets that use water shall\nbe as follows:\n (a) for lavatory faucets, at a constant water pressure of sixty pounds\nper square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed 1.5 gallons of water per\nminute (or .25 gallons per cycle for lavatory faucets designed as\nmetering faucets) and provided that those faucet models installed in\npublic buildings must be of a self-closing variety and must be designed\nto limit the discharged flow rate of water to a maximum of .5 gallons\nper minute at a constant water pressure of sixty pounds per square inch\nor must be of the metering type which limit the discharge of water to a\nmaximum of .25 gallons per cycle; and\n (b) for sink faucets, at a constant water pressure of sixty pounds per\nsquare inch, maximum flow shall not exceed 2.2 gallons of water per\nminute; and\n (c) for shower heads, at a constant water pressure of eighty pounds\nper square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed 2.0 gallons of water per\nminute; and\n (d) for urinals and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall\nnot exceed an average of 0.5 gallons of water per flush (except for\nurinals designated and marketed exclusively for use in prisons or mental\nhealth care facilities); and\n (e) except for water closets and toilets designed and marketed\nexclusively for use in prisons or mental health care facilities, (1) for\nwater closets and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall not\nexceed an average of 1.28 gallons of water per flush; (2) for dual-flush\ntank-type water closets, the average of two reduced flushes and one full\nflush shall not exceed 1.28 gallons of water per flush; and (3) for\ndual-flush flushometer-valve water closets, maximum flow shall not\nexceed an average of 1.28 gallons of water per flush; and\n (f) drinking water fountains must be of a self-closing variety.\n 3. Each shower head, sink or lavatory faucet, both box and product,\nshall be marked and labeled, and each water closet or urinal, or each\ncomponent if the water closet or urinal is comprised of two or more\ncomponents, both box and product, shall be marked and labeled in\naccordance with the latest revision of the standards designated American\nNational Standards, written under American National Standards Institute\n(ANSI), and, as applicable, the following United States Environmental\nProtection Agency watersense program specification: showerheads (July\n26, 2018), tank-type toilets (June 2, 2014), lavatory faucets (October\n1, 2007), flushing urinals ( August 14, 2009), and flushometer-valve\ntoilets (December 17, 2015).\n 4. The commissioner may permit the sale and installation of water\nclosets, blow out toilets and associated flush-valves, if any, which do\nnot meet the standards provided for in subdivision two of this section\nif after ap
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