Huntington Veterans Affairs Medical Center-Faucet and Showerhead Replacement Project. Best Management Practice Case Study No. 7: Faucets and Showerheads

摘要

The Huntington Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center implemented an award winning faucet and showerhead water efficiency program in 2007. The efficiency improvements save the medical center more than 1.5 million gallons of water each year. The Huntington VA Medical Center is a fully-accredited, 80-bed acute medical and surgical care facility located in West Virginia. The medical center serves veterans in western West Virginia, southern Ohio, and eastern Kentucky. It offers primary and specialized outpatient services while also functioning as the main teaching facility for the Marshall University School of Medicine. With approximately 1,000 professional, technical, and support personnel, Huntington VA Medical Center provided health care to 293,000 outpatients and 4,200 inpatients in 2008 alone.