20170322 AM1MIAMIBEACH
City Commission Meeting
ADDENDUM MATERTAL 1 (3t20t2017)
City Hall, Gommission Chambers, 3'd Floor, 1700 Convention Center Drive
March 22,2017
Mayor Philip Levine
Com missioner John Elizabeth Alem6n
Commissioner Ricky Arriola
Commissioner Michael Grieco
Commissioner Joy Malakoff
Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez
Comm issioner Micky Steinberg
City Manager Jimmy L. Morales
City Attorney Raul J. Aguila
City Clerk Rafael E. Granado
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ADDENDUM AGENDA
C4 - Commission Committee Assiqnments
C4 D REFERRAL TO THE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY COMMITTEE TO MAKE WATERLESS
URINALS THE STANDARD IN MIAMI BEACH BUILDINGS - BOTH IN CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
PROJECTS AND ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION.
Vice-Mayor Kristen Rosen Gonzalez
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SUBJECT: REFERRAL TO THE SUSTAINABILIry AND RESILIENCY COMMITTEE TO
MAKE WATERLESS URINALS THE STANDARD IN MIAMI BEACH BUILDINGS -
BOTH IN CITY OF MIAMI BEACH PROJECTS AND ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION.
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Please place on the March 22,2017 Agenda, a refenal to the Sustainability and Resiliency
Committee to make waterless urinals the standard in Miami Beach buildings - both in City of
Miami Beach projects and all new construction.
Waterless urinals look like regular urinals without a pipe for water intake. Such urinals do not
flush, instead, they drain by gravity. Their outflow pipes connect to a building's conventional
plumbing system. Waterless urinals will reduce water consumption and save money on water
and sewer charges.
Attached is an article written by Susan L. Nasr, from Science / How Stuff Works, entitled
"Waterless Urinals." You may also read the article at:
http//science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-tecllsustainablelwaterlesstoilet4.htm
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Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
Mce-Mayor Kristen Rosen Gonzalez
March 22,2017
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HOW STUFF WORKS
SCIENCE
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/oreen-tech/sustainable/waterless-
toilet4.htm
How Waterless Toilets Work
Waterless Urinals
The Steward waterless urinal is installed in the New York
Mets'Giti Field Stadium, the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta,
the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and the Proximity Hotel
in Greensboro, N.C.
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A discussion of waterless toilets wouldn't feel complete without covering waterless
urinals. Men could argue that in emergencies the roadside qualifies as such. But
companies do make them - waterless urinals for the bathroom.
You'll find waterless urinals in crowded public restrooms. Building owners saw that by
using dry urinals, they'd save money on water and sewer charges for thousands of
flushes. They're installed in the New York Mets Citi Field Stadium and the Shedd
Aquarium in Chicago, says Mark Mahoney, a marketing representative for Kohler Co.
Waterless urinals are also popping up in states that suffer droughts. Arizona made
waterless urinals mandatory in its state buildings in 2005 [source: Sloan].
You can also buy a waterless urinalfor your home. Mahoney says his company has sold
them for entertainment rooms that he calls "man caves" and to families with several
boys. A family with four males, each flushing the 1.S-gallon (5.7-liter) toilet three times a
day will save 6,552 gallons (24,802 liters) of water a year by installing and using a
waterless urinal [source: ZeroFlush].
Waterless urinals look like regular urinals without a pipe for water intake. Men use them
normally, but the urinals don't flush. lnstead, they drain by gravity. Their outflow pipes
connect to a building's conventional plumbing system. ln other words, unlike a
composting toilet, which leaves you to deal with your waste, these urinals send the urine
to a water treatment plant.
Urinal designs differ by the technology in the drain. For $40, Ecovita sells a plastic basin
whose pipe plugs into the wall plumbing [source: Ecovita]. Other companies put a trap
(it's a cup) in the drain, which they say stifles urine odors. You fill the trap/cup with water
and a proprietary liquid -- usually oil. The liquid simply has to float on the water. The
urine sinks, and associated gases can't rise through the oil. A model like this costs from
$370 to $600 lsource: ZeroFlush, Falcon]. You do have to replace the traps, from every
three months to 7,000 flushes, which costs money [source: Falcon, Sloan].
Companies such as Kohler Co. don't use traps but instead put the water and oil in the
drain pipe. But trap or none, you periodically clean the urinal by pouring gallons of water
down the drain and replacing the proprietary oil, which is neither cheap nor entirely
waterless.
For more information, explore company Web sites and temper your do-it-yourself
impulse with research on how to build a safe system. Soon, you could be saving water
as your neighbors wonder why your garden is blooming so lushly.
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