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Irving’s Plumbing offers waterless urinals capable of saving you up to as much as 100,000 liters of water or more per year per fixture. This exciting new product by Water Matrixcompletely eliminates water and sewer costs normally incurred by conventional urinals. As water usage, perhaps our most precious resource, continues to rise, architects, builders, planners and environmentalists around the world are looking for new alternatives. With the no flush valve, waterless systems not only promise to reduce water usage, vandalism, maintenance and repair costs will also become a thing of the past. The Waterless No Flush™ urinal is easier to clean and is designed for retrofit or new construction applications in any type of industrial or commercial facility.

Why Choose Waterless Urinals?
Lower Water Usage
Waterless urinals are revolutionizing the plumbing industry by offering maintenance, operation and cleaning staff a viable alternative to manual and electronic urinals. With no more flushing, waterless urinals can save you up to 100,000 liters of water or more per year per fixture. This represents a massive saving of an increasingly scarce and expensive resource.

Easy Installation and Lower Maintenance
Waterless urinals are easier to install in both new construction and retrofit applications and maintenance is virtually eliminated. Our unit is quicker, easier and cheaper to install than conventional urinals, needing no cistern, flush pipes or bottle trap. And since there are no moving parts, you will no longer have to repair flush valves, or deal with encrustations, plugged drains, overflows or vandalism. Waterless systems also avoid the need for frost and vandal prone plumbing accessories and avoid flooding when bowls block due to scale or sabotage. Washrooms will no longer need to be shut down to remove salt build up in the piping and there will be no risk of flooding or water pressure drop during high peak periods.

Healthier
Regardless of what type of urinals or flushing system you currently have, waterless urinals will make your washroom or restroom a healthier place to be. As well as offering significant water savings, waterless urinals eliminate many of the problems associated with flushing urinals, namely scale, odour, blockage, and subsequent flooding. The waterless urinal is healthier and more hygienic than other alternatives because it is both dry and flushless. With Waterless urinals, bacteria doesn’t have the moisture they need to thrive. The dry urinal surface of the waterless urinal is liquid repellent and hostile to bacteria. Urinals that are flushed are known to spread bacterial aerosols, which then seed nearby wet and damp spots to form new growths. All of this is eliminated with waterless urinals. They eliminate offensive urinal odors by isolating urine from the restroom atmosphere. The EcoTrap®, a special drain insert, contains a layer of BlueSeal® liquid that floats on top of the urine in the trap and forms a barrier against sewer vapor escape. This EcoTrap® barrier is more sanitary than the pool of diluted urine that seals the conventional urinal drain.

How It Works
The Waterless No Flush™ Urinal by Water Matrix looks just like a conventional urinal. It is available in vitreous china, or fiberglass, and installs to a regular 2″ waste-line in new construction, renovations, or retrofit applications. The key to the success of the product is the unique EcoTrap system. A small amount (3 oz.) of an immiscible liquid called BlueSeal floats inside the removable trap. When the urinal is used, the urine passes through this “lighter than water” liquid and down the drain line just as it does in a conventional urinal. The BlueSeal liquid effectively forms a barrier between the drain and the washroom environment, sealing out the urine odor. The dry urinal surface creates a hostile environment for bacteria resulting in an even more sanitary and odor-free fixture. The 3 oz. of BlueSeal liquid will last for about 2000 urinal uses or more before requiring replenishment, making it much more economical than the ever increasing cost of water. By eliminating the flush valve; repairs and maintenance are also eliminated providing even greater savings.

Main Benefits

• Eliminates urinal odour
• Eliminates flush valve repair
• Eliminates water pressure problems
• Eliminates costly flush sensors
• Eliminates stoppages and overflows
• Eliminates vandalism
• Eliminates line encrustations
• Eliminates leaking flush valves
• Eliminates water and sewer costs
• Eliminates rest room shut downs
• Eliminates mitigation for water usage

Waterless Urinal Applications

The most obvious beneficiary of a waterless urinal has to be the general public and the maintenance and cleaning staff in charge of maintaining public washrooms and commercial restrooms. Some of the many possible applications might include everything from major department stores, hotels, hospitals, office buildings, restaurants, gas service stations, industrial facilities, to shopping malls and universities.

About Water Matrix
Waterless, Odorless, No Flushometer, No Valve Repairs, No Sensor, No Deodorizer Reduces Vandalism, Reduces Waste Volume, Reduces Maintenance, More Sanitary

With a North American history since 1991, the Water Matrix Waterless No-Flush urinal has established itself as the most economical urinal product available on the market today. Installation of a Water Matrix Waterless No-Flush urinal typically reduces your operating costs by approximately 75% without compromise to a clean and odor-free washroom environment.

Water Matrix introduced the first Waterless urinal to the Canadian market in 2001. Over the past few years similar products have been introduced. While imitation does validate our technology, and is the highest form of flattery, no other product has been able to duplicate the cost effectiveness of the Waterless No-Flush urinal by Water Matrix.

Irving’s Plumbing supplies a complete line of urinals for commercial and even home use. We specialize in innovative urinal designs, accessories and parts from flush valves to sensors. We supply some of the most popular brand name urinals on the market including Mansfield, Kohler and Sloan. A urinal is a type of specialized toilet designed to be used only for urination and almost always by a standing male. They are smaller than your average toilet, use a lot less water and are much more convenient in a commerical or public bathroom. Waterless urinals represent the latest innovation in developing environmentally friendly toilets for reducing water use.

Urinals are classified according to whether or not they employ a flush valve, and the flush valve iself which determines the flush type, i.e., lever, push button, automatic (battery) and automatic (hardware). While most urinals incorporate a flushing system to rinse the bowl of the device, waterless no flush urinals are starting to appear as a viable alternative. In conventional flush valve systems, the flush can be triggered by one of several methods:

Manual Urinals
The lever type of flush valve might be regarded as standard in North America. Each urinal is equipped with a short lever or a push button to activate the flush, with users expected to operate it as they leave. This flushing method is efficient as long as patrons remember to use it.

Timed Flush Urinals
In some countries where manual flush handles are unusual, the method of flush is a timed flush that operates automatically at regular intervals. Groups of up to ten or so urinals are connected to a single overhead cistern, which contains the timing mechanism. A constant feed of water slowly fills the cistern, until a tripping point is reached, the valve opens, and all the urinals in the group are flushed. Electronic controllers performing the same function are also used. This system does not require any action from its users, but it is wasteful of water where the toilets are used irregularly.

Automatic Flush Urinals
Electronic automatic flushes solve the problems of both previous approaches, and are common in new installations. In these models, the flush valve is either automatic and batter powered, or automatic (hardware). Active or (more usually) passive infra-red detectors identify when the toilet has been used, and activate the flush. Thus the urinal is cleaned where with a manual flush it might not have been, but water is not wasted when the toilet is not used.

Waterless Urinals
Maintaining a public restroom or washroom has to be a major cost for most businesses. Loss of customers, high water usage and high maintenance costs can all add up to a major headache. Waterless urinals not only promise massive savings in water usage, they require no maintenance, are easy to install and clean, and they make your washroom a healthier place for your customers. With no flush valve, waterless systems not only promise to reduce water usage, vandalism, maintenance and repair costs will also become a thing of the past. The waterless urinal is designed for retrofit or new construction applications in any type of industrial or commercial facility.