Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 290 - PUBLIC DRINKING WATER › Subchapter G - WATER SAVING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS › Section 290.252 - Design Standards

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A person may
				  not sell, offer for sale, distribute, or import into the State of Texas a
				  plumbing fixture for use in the state unless the plumbing fixture meets the
				  water saving performance standards provided by subsection (b) of this section
				  and the plumbing fixture is listed in §
										290.253 of
				  this title (relating to Plumbing Fixture List).
(b) The water saving performance standards
				  for a plumbing fixture are the following standards:
(1) The maximum flow from a sink or lavatory
				  faucet or a faucet aerator shall not exceed 2.20 gallons of water per minute at
				  a pressure of 60 pounds per square inch.
(2) The maximum flow from a shower head shall
				  not exceed 2.5 gallons of water per minute at a constant pressure over 80
				  pounds per square inch.
(3) The
				  maximum volume of water per flush from a urinal and the associated flush valve,
				  if any, sold, offered for sale, or distributed in this state before January 1,
				  2014:
(A) maximum flow shall not exceed an
				  average of one gallon of water per flush; and
(B) the urinal and the associated flush
				  valve, if any, must meet the performance, testing, and labeling requirements
				  prescribed by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Standard
				  A112.19.2-2008 and Canadian Standards Association Standard B45.1-2008 "Vitreous
				  China Plumbing Fixtures and Hydraulic Requirements for Water Closets and
				  Urinals."
(4) Except as
				  provided for in §
											290.256 of
				  this title (relating to Exemptions), for a urinal and the associated flush
				  valve, if any, sold, offered for sale, or distributed in this state on or after
				  January 1, 2014:
(A) maximum flow shall not
				  exceed an average of 0.5 gallons of water per flush; and
(B) the urinal and the associated flush
				  valve, if any, must meet the performance, testing, and labeling requirements
				  prescribed by the following standards, as applicable:
(i) American Society of Mechanical Engineers
				  Standard A112.19.2-2008 and Canadian Standards Association Standard B45.1-2008
				  "Vitreous China Plumbing Fixtures and Hydraulic Requirements for Water Closets
				  and Urinals;" or
(ii) American
				  Society of Mechanical Engineers Standard A112.19.19-2006 "Vitreous China
				  Nonwater Urinals."
(5) For a toilet sold, offered for sale, or
				  distributed in this state before January 1, 2014:
(A) The maximum volume of water per flush
				  shall not exceed an average of 1.60 gallons; and
(B) The toilet must meet the performance,
				  testing, and labeling requirements prescribed by the following standards, as
				  applicable:
(i) American Society of
				  Mechanical Engineers Standard A112.19.2-2008 and Canadian Standards Association
				  Standard B45.1-2008 "Vitreous China Plumbing Fixtures and Hydraulic
				  Requirements for Water Closets and Urinals;" and
(ii) American Society of Mechanical Engineers
				  Standard A112.19.14-2006 "Six-Liter Water Closets Equipped with a Dual Flushing
				  Device."
(6)
				  Except as provided for in §
											290.256 of
				  this title, for a toilet sold, offered for sale, or distributed in this state
				  on or after January 1, 2014 must be:
(A) A
				  dual flush toilet that meets the following standards:
(i) The average flush volume of two reduced
				  flushes and one full flush may not exceed 1.28 gallons; and
(ii) The toilet must meet the performance,
				  testing, and labeling requirements prescribed by the following standards, as
				  applicable:
(I) American Society of
				  Mechanical Engineers Standard A112.19.2-2008 and Canadian Standards Association
				  Standard B45.1-2008 "Vitreous China Plumbing Fixtures and Hydraulic
				  Requirements for Water Closets and Urinals;" and
(II) American Society of Mechanical Engineers
				  Standard A112.19.4-2006 "Six-Liter Water Closets Equipped with a Dual Flushing
				  Device;" or
(B) A single flush toilet that meets the
				  following standards:
(i) The average flush
				  volume may not exceed 1.28 gallons; and
(ii) The toilet must meet the performance,
				  testing, and labeling requirements prescribed by American Society of Mechanical
				  Engineers Standard A112.19.2-2008 and Canadian Standards Association Standard
				  B45.1-2008 "Vitreous China Plumbing Fixtures and Hydraulic Requirements for
				  Water Closets and Urinals."
(7) All drinking water fountains shall be
				  operated by a self-closing valve.
(8) The maximum flow rate from a commercial
				  pre-rinse spray valve shall not exceed 1.6 gallons of water per minute when
				  tested with the method specified in ASTM International Standard
				  F2324-03.