EPA WaterSense® Product Certification
As an EPA WaterSense® licensed certifying body, QAI is authorized to test and certify plumbing products to the latest requirements for water conservation.
Despite 70% of the world’s surface being covered by water, less than 1% of the total world water resources are available for human use. With a growing population, the demand for water has tripled over the last half-decade while it is estimated that nearly 98 Million people in the US live in a drought area.
The US EPA developed the EPA WaterSense® program in 2006 to promote the conservation of this natural resource. These efforts have raised consumer awareness of the need to conserve water. Since 2008, QAI’s plumbing laboratory has been partnering with manufacturers to provide the necessary testing to prove water conservation claims including California Energy Commission (CEC) Appliance Efficiency testing, Maximum Performance (MaP) testing, and EPA Watersense® Testing.
QAI is able to provide seamless product certification to the applicable product requirements of the EPA WaterSense® Certification System. When partnering with QAI, all of your certified products will be able to receive the EPA WaterSense® Logo in addition to the QAI certification mark, where applicable for US and Canada, providing broad approval to bring the product to market.
EPA WaterSense® certification may allow some consumers to receive rebates or other financial incentives from their water supplier, municipality, or other jurisdictional agencies. QAI is proud to partner with our clients to save water and protect the earth for future generations.
Typical Products Tested/Certified
- Flushometer-Valve Toilets
- High-Efficiency Flushing Urinals
- High-Efficiency Lavatory Faucets
- Tank-Type High-Efficiency Toilets
- Showerheads
Frequent Standards we test/certify against
- WaterSense® Specification for Tank-Type Toilets
- WaterSense® High-Efficiency Lavatory Faucet Specification
- WaterSense® Specification for Flushing Urinals
- WaterSense® Specification for Flushometer-Valve Water Closets
- WaterSense® Specification for Showerheads
- Relevant ASME / CSA product safety standards
Why choose QAI?
QAI’s clients benefit from QAI’s expert knowledge and customer centric focus allowing products to be certified and brought to market in a timely manner. The benefits of working with QAI are:
- Expert knowledge
- One contact from start to finish
- Quick turnaround time
- Complete service – North American evaluation for safety, performance, and efficiency
- Broad testing and certification capabilities for fittings, pipes, drains and all Plumbing Products
For details about QAI accreditation’s scope, please review our accreditations page.
For more information about our services please contact us at:
📞 USA 888.540.4024 📞 CANADA 877.461.8378
Founded in 1995 by a group of experienced certification and testing experts, QAI is an independent third-party testing, inspection and certification organization which serves the building industry, government and individuals with cost effective solutions through our global, in-house capabilities / services.
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