SynC · Topic
These are the standards in the SynC Standards library that cover Water Conservation. Each one is a complete, plain-language specification: the scope it applies to, the requirements that govern it, and a structured equipment datasheet listing the values a project has to decide — ratings, materials, setpoints, and the standards each is verified against. All of it is free to read without an account and published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
A standard usually carries several topics, so most of the entries below also appear under neighbouring subjects. The topics each one carries are listed on its own page.
Underground automatic landscape irrigation systems for commercial, institutional, and industrial sites, including the point of connection and backflow prevention, buried mainline and lateral piping, isolation and zone control valves and valve boxes, spray heads and gear-driven rotors with matched-precipitation-rate nozzles, drip and micro-irrigation and subsurface drip for planting beds, smart weather/ET-based and soil-moisture-based controllers, master valve and flow sensor, rain and freeze sensors, sleeving and boring under paving and hardscape, coverage and hydrozoning design principles, pressure and coverage testing, winterization, and as-built controller programming. Emphasizes water efficiency, EPA WaterSense criteria, and local water-purveyor and code requirements.
Plumbing fixtures and their trim, carriers, supply stops, and exposed waste connections in commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings. Covers water closets, urinals, lavatories, service sinks and mop basins, hand-wash sinks, break room and office kitchen sinks, showers, drinking fountains and bottle fillers, and plumbed emergency eyewash and drench shower equipment. Establishes the fixture material and construction, the flush and flow technology, the consumption rates measured against the federal EPAct maximums and the EPA WaterSense specifications, the mounting and carrier requirements, the accessibility criteria, the scald-protection arrangement at the fixture, and the acceptance testing that proves each fixture performs at its rated volume or flow.