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<br />-. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />The State Office Building is a five story facility, plus a basement, with restrooms located on <br />each floor. These are equipped with Sloan Royal flush valves, which use 4.5 gallons per <br />flush. The following assumptions were used to estimated domestic water use. <br /> <br />State Capitol Building <br /> 140 people x 3 flushes/day x 6.0 gal/flush x 260 dalyr = 655,000 gal. <br />fit employee 140 people x 1 minute/day x 3.5 gpm x 260 dalyr = 127,000 gal. <br /> 100 people x 3 flushes/day x 6.0 gal/flush x 120 dalyr - 216,000 gal. <br />Sen and Rep 100 people x 1 min/day x 3.5 gal/min x 120 dalyr = 42,000 gal. <br /> 200 people x 2 flushes/day x 5.0 gal/flush x 120 dalyr - 240,000 gal. <br />lobbyist 200 people x.5 min/day x 3.5 gpm x 120 dalyr - 42,000 gal. <br /> 400 people x 1 flush/day x 4.5 gal/flush x 260 dalyr = 468,000 gal. <br />visitors 400 people x .25 min x 3.5 gpm x 260 dalyr = 91,000 gal. <br /> <br />State Office Building <br />240 people x 3 flushes/day x 4.5 gal/flush x 260 dalyr <br />fit employee 240 people x 1 minute/day x 3.5 gpm x 260 dalyr <br /> <br />= <br /> <br />842,000 gal. <br />187,000 gal. <br /> <br />visitors <br /> <br />200 people x 1 flush/day x 4.5 gal/flush x 2GC daly. <br />200 people x .25 min x 3.5 gal/min x 260 dalyr <br /> <br />= <br /> <br />= <br /> <br />234,000 gal. <br />46,000 gal. <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />= <br /> <br />3,190,000gal. <br /> <br />Based on these assumptions, domestic water usage for these facilities would be <br />approximately 3,190,000gallons per year. <br /> <br />Kitchen Use - There is a cafeteria located in the Capitol Building that serves breakfasts and <br />lunches, five days per week. The number of meals served each day ranges from <br />approximately 30/day during the slack period to l20/day when the legislature is in session. <br />Using an average of 80 meals per day, estimated kitchen water use is about 62,000 gallons <br />per year. Other miscellaneous kitchen uses bring this total to about 100,000 gallons per <br />year. <br /> <br />Facility Cooling - Water is used to provide cooling for the State Capitol Building. A 110 <br />ton cooling unit is located at the facility. It is assumed to operate for 180 days per year, 12 <br />hours a day. Based on a 2.5 gpm water usage per 100 ton capacity, water use for cooling <br />is estimated to be about 325,000 gallons per year. Cooling for the State Office Building is <br />provided by cooling towers not supplied through this water meter. <br />