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Niagara Conservation is a manufacturing company based in Fort Worth, Texas best known for its plumbing products and its water conservation efforts. Niagara Conservation also manufactures lighting fixtures, light bulbs, caulks, sealants, and weatherization products.

History

Niagara Conservation was established in 1977 by William Cutler who began developing and selling water conservation products from his garage. Early products included water-saving showerheads.

Previously headquartered in New Jersey, Niagara Conservation moved to Fort Worth in February, 2011. The company also has satellite offices in California, New Jersey, Chile, and Saudi Arabia, as well as an affiliate company in Toronto.

Product Innovation

Niagara Conservation manufactures water-reducing, green products including toilets, aerators, and showerheads.

In 2009, the company released the Stealth toilet, which used a new technology combining air and water to flush liquids and solids with only 0.8 gallons of water. Niagara’s Stealth is currently the only single flush 0.8 gallons per flush (GPF) toilet in the world. The Stealth’s ultra-high-efficiency low-flow toilet uses newly engineered technology where an air transfer system pressurizes the bowl’s trap-way to flush quietly with limited water usage. All Stealth toilets are certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense program.

Niagara Conservation also manufactures the Flapperless toilet, which uses a half-cylinder 1.6 gallon bucket instead of a flapper. When the toilet is flushed, the bucket dumps the water into the tank, initiating the flush. The flapper is the piece of common toilet technology that fails most often, without a flapper, a toilet is less likely to fail.

Water Conservation

In 2011, the United States Environmental Protection Agency named Niagara Conservation a winner in the 2011 WaterSense Excellence Awards for helping to increase water efficiency and awareness. Niagara has 30 products that are EPA certified, including the Stealth and Eco-Logic toilets, the Earth, Prismiere and Sava showerheads and the Dual Thread Faucet Aerator.

Municipality and Utility Partnerships

In 2004, Niagara Conservation and Austin Water offered the residents of Austin, Texas the chance to replace their toilets with high-efficiency toilets through the city’s Free Toilet Program. If residents received their water from Austin or an eligible metropolitan utility district, they could replace up to three toilets with Niagara EcoLogic high-efficiency flapperless toilets. The program also offered rebates for purchasing high-efficiency toilets.

In 2009, Niagara Conservation partnered with Fort Worth’s Water Conservation Section to provide free installation of high efficiency pre-rinse spray nozzles and aerators for local foodservice providers to reduce water consumption. The “SpraySmart” program replaced nozzles that use over three gallons of hot water per minute with Niagara nozzles that use 1.28 gallons per minute.

In 2011, the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District in Lake Elsinore, California launched a free water conservation program that replaced old toilets with Niagara Conservation’s Stealth System to save water. The program is currently in its first phase.

In 2012, Niagara Conservation donated 1.0 GPF toilets to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County to help combat the club's rising water bills. The club previously paid up to $800 a month for water.

References

1. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/11/greenbuild-cash-saving-eco-products/1#.T1emP3rkbTq
2. http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/with-vacuum-assist-niagara-conservation-8216stealth-toilet-manages-08-gallons-per-flush/8114
3. http://www.multihousingnews.com/product-gallery/quietly-efficient%E2%80%94the-niagara-stealth-toilet/1004046517.html
4. http://www.epa.gov/watersense/products/toilets.html
5. http://www.interiordesign.net/article/480270-All_About_Toilets.php
6. http://www.interiordesign.net/article/480270-All_About_Toilets.php
7. http://www.interiordesign.net/article/480270-All_About_Toilets.php
8. http://epa.gov/watersense/docs/excellence_awards_fact_sheet.pdf
9. http://contractormag.com/bathkitchen/free_toilets_rebate
10. http://www.austinauditors.com/gov_rebates.html
11. http://www.austinauditors.com/gov_rebates.html
12. http://fortworthtexas.gov/savefwwater/info/default.aspx?id=65440
13. http://www.fishnick.com/equipment/sprayvalves/Niagara_N2180.pdf
14. http://www.csda.net/component/content/article/31-in-the-news/1246-elisnore-valley-municipal-water-district-harnesses-worlds-most-water-efficient-toilets-to-save-customers-the-district-and-nature
15. http://www.csda.net/component/content/article/31-in-the-news/1246-elisnore-valley-municipal-water-district-harnesses-worlds-most-water-efficient-toilets-to-save-customers-the-district-and-nature
16. http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_20070974/boys-and-girls-club-gets-water-saving-overhaul

External Links

• http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/—World Water Council
• http://www.epa.gov/watersense/—Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense
• http://www.awwa.org/Resources/Waterwiser.cfm?navItemNumber=1516—American Water Works Association
• http://www.siwi.org/worldwaterweek—World Water Week
• http://wqic.nal.usda.gov/water-availability/water-conservation — U.S. Department of Agriculture
• http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/components/DD6946r.html — University of Minnesota

• Manufacturing companies based in Fort Worth, Texas
• Privately held companies based in Texas
• Companies established in 1977