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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
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 ELEVENTH EDITION, the current MaP testing report provides performance information on OVER 600 different
toilet fixture models!!! Download the most CURRENT
FULL MaP™ TESTING REPORT (6MB 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 is becoming so large and several of you have expressed concerns about that, we are now
offering 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)
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...
- ALL gravity-fed fixtures (for the home and light commercial) sorted by manufacturer (PDF)
- ALL pressure-assist fixtures (for the home and light commercial) sorted by manufacturer (PDF)
- ALL flushometer valve fixtures (for commercial) sorted by manufacturer (PDF)
Need only an abbreviated version to take with you to your favorite retailer or plumbing supply house? Then
download this CONDENSED
VERSION (PDF), which is shorter, easy to print (black & white only) and read, yet contains all of the
most essential information.
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
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Copyright 2006, CUWCC. All rights reserved
Developed with funding and support from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
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