Best Available Technologies for Restaurants and Laundromats

The Best Available Technologies (BAT) ordinance #3313 was signed by the City Council in May, 1997. This ordinance provides a reduction in sewer demand fees for laundromats and restaurants who apply the best available technologies to their new site. For laundromats, the technology requirement is:

• high efficiency toilets and faucet aerators
• self-closing, low-volume aerators on sinks (less than 1 gallon-per-minute)
• horizontal-axis washing machines

For restaurants, technologies include the following:

• high efficiency toilets and faucet aerators
• 1.6 gpm pre-rinse spray nozzles, with automatic shut-off trigger
• high-temperature dishwashers, or, low-temperature dishwashers excluding "fill and dump" machines
• self-closing, low-volume aerators on sinks (less than 1 gallon-per-minute)
• air-cooled ice-makers (not water cooled)

For more information about qualifying for the BAT, contact water-use efficiency staff at (707) 543-3985.