Amongst the newest design principles being employed in Dublin’s new Aviva 50,000 seater stadium, is a plumbing innovation that might prove to become the most influential. Brightwater Environmental brought stainless washroom manufacturers Franke Sissons into the contract, in order to deliver waterless urinals.

“Waterless urinals offer benefits on every level, said BrightWater Environmental director Alan Flight, “ since the primary one of less smell and simple operation is obviously preferred, it is then environmentally starred because of the removal both of substantial water pipework and a header tank for every urinal. In a project the size of Lansdown Road, this is a saving of water and materials on a colossal scale.”

A total of 165 stainless steel waterless urinal troughs have been bespoke manufactured for the contract, with each adopting the new waterless technology. Key differences between this and a conventional urinal are the increased slope of the base channel in order to eradicate all liquid, and a patented sleeve below the drain – in an easily replaceable form – that fully seals the outlet to anything but liquid.

“Stainless steel in stadia washrooms has been the preferred material in recent years, because it is both safe and secure. Now employing the waterless technology so effectively and with such an impact environmentally, we believe it is only a matter of time before this specification becomes preferred policy.” said Paul Markwell, commercial director, Franke Sissons.

All the stainless products supplied were manufactured at the company’s engineering centre in Chesterfield.

For those interested in the water savings that can be achieved using waterless urinals may we suggest attending a morning seminar at a central London Hotel in July. The morning is sponsored by BrightWater Environmental Ltd and will be informal with the opportunity of asking questions.

The opportunity of giving this presentation was too good to miss. We are lucky to have an industry leading expert, the Vice President of the ZeroFlush Corporation from America visiting the UK. It is a rare opportunity to help people really understand the merits and issues that this technology brings from a leading authority on the subject.

Vice President of the ZeroFlush Corporation Joe Romero has worked with many of the leading manufacturers of waterless urinals around the globe. He has seen the benefits that systems bring but also more significantly the disappointment that many customers have experienced over the years. Having seen and worked with different designs Joe set about designing a system to overcome the few key issues that had always limited waterless urinal performance. Joe has seen in just a few years ZeroFlush grow to be the market leader in all the key areas of the world where water saving is now taken seriously.

The Seminar takes place in a central London Hotel on Friday 25th at 9.30am. There will also be the opportunity before the seminar starts to view the BrightWater low flow Oxygenics showerheads in action. These have been fitted throughout the hotel and enabled the hotel to half the showering water usage.

For further details on attending the seminar please contact us on 01795 890590 or e-mail sales@bwater.eu