Department of Public Works - Baltimore, MD
According to the City of Baltimore Department of Public Works, Bureau of Water and Wastewater, high water bills can be caused by many different reasons, ranging from water leaks, excessive usage, stolen water, estimated bills or incorrect meter readings. For the owner of the 356 Lochwood apartments, those reasons were magnified by the never-ending maintenance calls he was receiving about the largest “consumer” of water in a household: the toilet.
“While the city encourages water conservation, it is up to the owners and managers of complexes such as Lochwood Apartments to take a proactive approach,” said Bret Hopkins, Managing Member for Fairfax Station Enterprises, LLC, the company that manages Lochwood Apartments. “And that’s exactly what we did.”
According to Hopkins, he first considered FLUSHMATE® technology for performance considerations. “My crews were busy unplugging toilets instead of doing their other maintenance responsibilities,” he said. “For example, I had one tenant with special needs and we were in that unit about once a week unplugging the toilet. I decided to test a FLUSHMATE-equipped fixture in that unit to reduce the maintenance calls. The performance was outstanding ” virtually eliminating all maintenance issues since installation ” but you can imagine my surprise when I also found out the amount of water savings that potentially could be involved using this technology! - more info
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