Following its introduction, just a couple of years ago, this turnkey water saving solution has quickly gained acceptance in the multifamily housing and hotel markets. Within months of publishing results from marquee properties, the EcoSense team built a sales pipeline of more than $11 million from housing facilities committed to the installation of the System.

The Aqua Mizer System addresses the water-wasting inefficiency of tank toilets with an inexpensive retrofit. The system utilizes the patented Aqua Mizer toilet tank fill valve that prevents leaks and protects against toilet tank floods. It also includes the adjustable, flat bottomed flapper that reduces flush volume with increased water velocity for a better flush. And the new Enhancer adjusts the refill cycle to prevent excess water from exiting the drain while the tank fills. The affordable cost of the components is usually recovered from the water savings in six months or less.

The Solution includes complimentary property assessment before purchase, all necessary training and oversight, and optional installation.

Although results vary based on age and condition of toilets and other factors, every property installed has seen an unprecedented reduction in water usage. For example, a 170 unit two-story facility is saving 2,550,000 gallons of water a year. A well maintained, 252-unit luxury high-rise reduced its water use by 2,627,000 gallons per year. Overall, the Aqua Mizer System is expected to deliver a total savings of $15 million to all properties installed next year!

But in addition to the water savings, property owners and managers are drawn to the flood protection feature of the system. After flushing, if the tank does not immediately refill, a component senses a possible malfunction leading to a potential flood condition. The fill valve turns itself off in about 30 seconds, preventing a potential catastrophic flood.

And if that’s not enough, the patented fill valve is so indestructible that it was tested at 250,000 flushes without failure. And the flapper has a five-year replaceable silicone seal. This system, over the long term will substantially reduce maintenance costs associated with toilets.

Although similar in appearance to other fill valves, the Aqua Mizer toilet fill valve is very different. Unlike other fill valves on the market, it is not controlled by the water in the tank. It can only be activated by the flush handle. This amazing feature prevents leaks and can easily save tens of thousands gallons of water a year. And its patented design also protects property from toilet tank floods.

This is the #1 reason Aqua Mizer stands alone among anything else on the market to prevent leaks and floods, and save money, a top priority for hotel and multi-family housings owners, property managers, and facilities maintenance directors with an eye on the bottom line.

Here are 12 additional reasons why the Aqua Mizer Toilet Fill Valve is known for its unprecedented quality.

1. The Aqua Mizer Fill Valve is IAPMO certified, requiring 125 flushes in 120F water temperature at 125 psi, leak and distortion testing at 150 psi (120F), and then being flushed 250,000 times without failure.

2. The basic fill valve used in the Aqua Mizer system has been marketed for over 20 years, with over 5,000,000 in use around the world.

3. The leak prevention component of the Aqua Mizer Fill Valve was introduced in 2010, with over 200,000 units distributed in North America.

4. Every single fill valve is individually water tested at 125 psi before leaving the factory.

5. The Aqua Mizer manufacturing facility is ISO9000 rated.

6. The Aqua Mizer Fill Valve is Green Circle Certified.

7. When sold through the company or one of its authorized dealers, the unit is warranted for 10 years.

8. Although the competition warrants their fill valves for five years, they often breakdown sooner. The competitors’ replacement parts, when installed, override the original product warranty, and the replacement parts are only warranted for one year.

9. The Aqua Mizer Fill Valve contains no internal metal parts to clog or corrode.

10. The Aqua Mizer unit is one of the only fill valves containing a removable sediment filter that keeps the valve clean and functioning optimally.

11. The unit is made of stabilized acetal copolymer, which is a superior material that has better resistance against degradation than other toilet tank products.

12. The Aqua Mizer System is covered by multi-million dollar liability insurance.

The following is a post by Guest Blogger, Cliff D’Angelo, Sustainability and LEED Specialist

Every once in a while, a product comes along that both solves a nagging problem and makes so much good sense that you say to yourself, “Why didn’t I think of that?” The Aqua Mizer Adjustable Flush system is one of those products. As Sustainability Professionals, it is foremost on our minds that the best way to decrease the amount of potable water we use is to first fix the leaks that seem to be ever present in our plumbing systems. But we can’t fix a toilet leak if we don’t know the toilet is leaking!

The Aqua Mizer flush valve system speaks our language. This truly innovative product alerts when a leak has occurred in the toilet tank and will stop the fill valve from continuously trying to refill the tank. How does the Aqua Mizer accomplish the solving of the leaking problem? It does so by utilizing an evolutionary fill valve design that doesn’t use a float to start or stop the flow of water into the tank. Instead, the Aqua Mizer fill valve uses a flush cap that’s only activated by the depression of the toilet handle. Therefore, if your toilet is leaking through the flapper, cracked tank or tank-to-bowl connection, the tank will only leak out the water content of the tank and not continue to leak again unless you depress the toilet flush handle.

The following two accounts will help illustrate the power of the Aqua Mizer flush valve system. The first instance involves a hotel that suspected a number of its guest room toilets had flapper leaks. The maintenance personnel changed the existing fill valves in six toilets to the new Aqua Mizer fill valves, keeping the old existing flappers intact. They then inspected the toilets the following morning and found three units where the water in the tank had leaked out to the level of the flapper. They immediately knew those toilets were leaking at the old flapper. And they were able to replace the old flappers with a new Aqua Mizer adjustable flappers. The Aqua Mizer fill valve will alert you to when your toilet has a leak in the tank and will not flush again until you fill the tank by depressing the toilet flush handle. The EPA estimates that at least 20% of all existing toilet installations may be leaking, squandering hundreds of billions of gallons of water a year. This is an incredible waste of water, energy and money!

The second story is about a toilet in a well-used second bathroom in my own home. I suspected that the toilet had a flapper leak, but was unable to hear the fill valve refilling the tank. Potable water is fairly expensive in my town and I was frustrated by the increase in our monthly water bill. Subsequently, I removed the old fill valve and replaced it with the new Aqua Mizer.

After only a couple of hours I checked the level of the water in the tank and sure enough, the water had leaked out of the tank to the level of the old flapper. The Aqua Mizer fill valve had not allowed the tank to refill, illustrating to me that the flapper needed to be replaced! I immediately replaced the flapper and NO MORE LEAKING TOILET!

There are numerous additional benefits of the Aqua Mizer flush valve system as well. I noticed that the toilet seemed to be flushing with greater velocity. It’s my belief that the flat design of the Aqua Mizer flapper allows water through the flush valve with greater velocity, affording the toilet more power with less water. Secondly, the toilet tank was refilling much faster with the new fill valve and that meant that waiting for the refill was reduced from minutes to seconds. In fact, a 17-location restaurant chain recently changed out their brand-new toilet components for the Aqua Mizer system primarily for this reason.

The Aqua Mizer Flush System was easy to install, although a commitment to sell the system through the wholesale plumbing channel does allow it to be installed by professional contractors. This presents another great opportunity for our industry to introduce a water-saving green technology to our customers.

The Aqua Mizer Fill Valve is an extraordinarily well-made unit with no internal metal parts to corrode or clog, and has an easily reachable filter that prevents sediment from infiltrating the tank’s components. The fill valve has a 10-year warranty, and the flapper is warranted for five years. The components are IAMPO certified through various testing that includes soaking in a chlorine bath for 30 days, followed by 250,000 flushes without failure. Each fill valve is water tested at 125 psi before leaving the factory, an ISO9000 rated facility. Currently, there are five million of these fill valves in use throughout the world, performing optimally amongst some of the worst possible water conditions imaginable.

Multi-family and hotel property owners and managers have quickly realized that their ROI could pay for the system within one year. An apartment building owner in upstate New York installed 36 Aqua Mizer systems and recovered his investment in less than six months. A resort hotel in Venice, Florida has had similar remarkable results.

This innovative, entrepreneurial company, based in Sarasota, Florida is on the cusp of becoming an important player in innovative plumbing products. Following the early success of the Aqua Mizer flush system, it introduced a new product later that adds a flood protection feature to its original product. But it’s likely that you won’t have to wait long for this game changer because they have rapidly expanded into the multi-family housing, hotel and condo markets.