Roto-Rooter Study Finds Significant Water Savings With MJSI’s Water Conservation Products

Shorewood, IL, July 6, 2011 --  MJSI, Inc. today announced the results of a year-long study conducted by Roto-Rooter, North America’s #1 plumbing repair service, that showed that the installation of water conservation products in a 16-unit apartment complex reduced indoor water usage by 34%, for an annual savings of $3,000 and 565,000 gallons of water per year.

Last year, as part of its ROTOGreen program, Roto-Rooter technicians installed five water-saving products including retrofitting 3.5gpf (gallon-per-flush) toilets into dual flush models using the HydroRightÔ dual flush converter and the HydroCleanÒ toilet fill valve. They also replaced shower heads with the latest 1.5 gallon-per-minute models and swapped out bathroom and kitchen sink faucet aerators with more restrictive flow models.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense program, replacement of faucet aerators and showerheads in a household can be expected to reduce water usage by approximately 3.5%. The remaining 30% reduction is due to the installation of the HydroRight and HydroClean, a statistic consistent with other independent studies that have been conducted utilizing these two products, by Bill Gauley, an independent advisor to the USEPA’s WaterSense program.

“Our water-saving products are increasingly being used because the payback time is short and the savings is significant,” said Michael Schuster, president, MJSI. “Priced at under $25, and designed to install without tools, our products make water conservation easy and affordable for consumers and commercial users alike.”

“The idea behind ROTOGreen is that we can make it easy for families and businesses to save a significant amount of water and money without changing behaviors,” said Roto-Rooter President and COO Rick Arquilla. “The results found in this study show how successful this program has been.”

The study was conducted at the Camden Oaks apartment complex in Camden, New Jersey - a 16 unit apartment building with 17 showers and bathtubs, 17 toilets and 34 sinks.

For more information about ROTOGreen please contact Paul Abrams at (513) 762-6434 or visit the company’s website at www.RotoRooter.com/Rotogreen. For information about MJSI’s line of conservation products, please contact Marlena Cannon at (815) 741-9768 or go to www.gomjsi.com.

MJSI, Inc., headquartered in Shorewood, Illinois is devoted to water conservation and environmentally sound plumbing.  Its portfolio of products includes the award-winning HydroClean toilet fill valve and the HydroRight dual flush converter. The company’s products are available in North America through retail stores, hardware stores, plumbing distributors and the internet.

ROTOGreen is the water conservation initiative from Roto-Rooter that makes it easy for residential and commercial customers to go green, save water and same money on utility bills. The plan takes a simple but effective approach to conservation.

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Contact:

Rich Katzmann
Chief Operating Officer
(815) 741-9768, x 112

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