Aqualine Resources, Inc.

Commercial/Museum

Customer: A major metropolitan museum located in Boston, MA

Customer Need
The Museum has over 1000 daily customers enter the facility, 365 days per year. The Museum was spending over $245,000 per year in water and sewer charges. The city’s water bills had risen dramatically over a five-year period and site personnel recognized the opportunity to save money through a program such as Aqualine’s.

Aqualine Solution
Aqualine’s engineering study included profiling the museum’s water consumption against many other commercial institutions Aqualine has worked with. It was determined that implementing a domestic water program would be an effective way to save water particularly because such a high percentage of water use is in the bathrooms. Aqualine replaced all toilets with 1.6 gallon per flush fixtures, and installed water saving sink restrictors.

The site was particularly interested in the fact that the work could be completed during the third shift, while the museum was closed to the public. Feedback from the Director of Engineering Services was particularly positive with regards to the “transparent” nature of the installation and that some weeks went by before the water saving upgrades were noticed from a user point of view.

Savings and Payback
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