Institutions: What is Restroom Water Abuse, and How Do You Stop It?

Restroom vandalism is often a concern at public institutions such as prison and health facilities. For example, showers may be left running or water closets are flushed repeatedly. The results can be wasted water, labor-intensive cleanups, or even damaged infrastructure.

So how can water abuse be stopped? Water is a necessity no one can live without.

The answer is Sloan’s Programmed Water Technologies (PWT), an innovative system that monitors water usage and gives facility managers complete control over every drop.

How Programmed Water Technologies (PWT) Works

PWT combines tamper-proof hardware with scalable water management software. A detailed list of components and their functionality and scalability is available on our PWT System Overview Guide. The guide includes several networkable products that offer different levels of security, control, and scalability:

• Complete Restroom Control lets you manage every aspect of your restroom water system while preventing unwanted tampering. Its user-friendly management console interface gives you real-time visibility into every fixture, along with the data to keep them running.
• Shower System Control lets you regulate water pressure, temperature, and shower length across every showerhead in your system.
• Toilet System Control saves maintenance time and cuts costs with toilet units that help prevent tampering.

PWT products are designed to be independent of other systems to easily integrate and configure into any type of project. We’ll work with you to create a system that meets the exact needs of your facility—from control of specific activations to a complete solution monitored and managed by the PWT Management Console software.

Where PWT Can Help Control Water Usage

When it comes to preventing water abuse, prisons and behavioral health facilities are the most popular locations for PWT. That’s where inmates, patients, and residents are most likely to try to intentionally damage infrastructure—and where PWT’s tamper-resistant designs can help preempt repairs, malfunctions, and vandalism.

But many other facilities have also discovered the benefits of PWT:

• Hospitals. Controlled water usage and system alerts help keep hospitals running smoothly.
• Assisted living facilities. Durable restrooms and efficient water supplies are essential.
• Sports facilities. Sloan’s hardware is tough enough to withstand gameday traffic.
• Educational facilities. Kids can be tough on restroom fixtures, but PWT components are tougher.
• Parks and recreational facilities. PWT can withstand heavy visitor traffic and the harshest elements.
• Public showers and gyms. PWT helps you monitor usage and prevent accidental damage.

Preventing Water Abuse—and More

Water abuse is a serious challenge for any facility. It can bring about not just infrastructure damage, disruption, costly cleanup, and water waste, but it also puts resident and staff safety at risk. That’s why reducing water abuse is the most important benefit of PWT—but it’s not the only benefit.

PWT management software lets you trigger localized valve lockouts at the touch of a button to help prevent vandalism and misuse. Maintenance staff can address system alerts faster and better control the run time before viewing a report history of each device.

Plus, PWT’s user-friendly management console interface lets you see and control every ounce of water that flows through your facility to reduce water usage. And, when you can adjust water usage for every fixture, you’ll reduce your water and sewer bills, too.

Every institution must do what it can to prevent costly, damaging water abuse. Sloan’s Programmed Water Technologies system is the industry’s most advanced system for doing so—and that just where its benefits begin.

Want to learn more about PWT and other advanced technology for optimizing plumbing systems at large facilities? Talk to Sloan!