14th Edition Released!!! Maximum Performance (MaP) TESTING - a new and better measurement of toilet performance!
Many toilet fixture performance tests exist, including proprietary tests by the fixture manufacturers, tests by Consumer Reports magazine, and the tests mandated by the plumbing codes for fixture certification. Few of these, however, use test media that closely resembles the real "demands" upon a toilet, i.e., that of removing human waste.
The Maximum Performance (MaP) testing project was undertaken in 2003 in order to identify how well popular toilet models perform using a realistic test media. A new testing protocol, cooperatively developed by water-efficiency and plumbing fixture specialists in the U.S. and Canada, incorporated the use of soybean paste as a test media, closely replicating the "real world demand" upon fixtures. Performance testing of 80 different toilet fixture models was completed and summarized in the Final Report (December 2003).
Now in its FOURTEENTH EDITION, the current MaP testing report provides performance information on OVER 1,000 different toilet fixture models!!! Download the most
CURRENT FULL MaP TESTING REPORT (4.0MB PDF) to:
- view the test media and see how it was developed,read the full test protocol, and
- see the final test results.
Because the FULL MaP TESTING REPORT has become so large (74 pages), we offer the capability to download ONLY the APPENDICES if that is all you require.
- Appendix B PDF (fixtures sorted by manufacturer)
- Appendix C PDF (fixtures sorted by MaP performance)
- Appendix D PDF (commercial flushometer bowl/valve fixtures sorted by manufacturer)
If only an abbreviated version is needed to take with you to your favorite retailer or plumbing supply house then download the Condensed MaP Report, which contains the most essential information including data on all toilet fixtures, but is shorter and easy to print (black & white) and read.
In addition to these appendices straight out of the report, we have also divided some of the material into different categories of interest to consumers and others. Now you can also download MaP test results for...
The development of the MaP test media and test protocol, as well as the testing of the first group of toilet fixtures was sponsored by the following 22 organizations:
Canada
- Canadian Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) - LEAD AGENCY
- B.C. Capital Regional District, Victoria, British Columbia
- B.C. Buildings Corporation, Victoria, British Columbia
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
- Calgary, Alberta
- Edmonton, Alberta
- Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Hamilton, Ontario
- Montreal, Quebec
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Region of Durham, Ontario
- Region of Halton, Ontario
- Region of Peel, Ontario
- Region of Waterloo, Ontario
- Toronto, Ontario
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
U.S.A.
- California Urban Water Conservation Council, Sacramento, California
- East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland, California
- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles, California
- Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle, Washington
- Tampa Bay Water, Clearwater, Florida