Low flush toilets are creating more problems than they are solving. The water that passes through them has been proven not to be large enough. Making toilets generates massive volumes of unnecessary Co2. Old toilets need to be recycled. Plumbing within buildings needs to be changed to work at astronomical cost. The taxes you pay [...]
Kudos to L.A.! Faced with a dire water shortage from a brutal 3-year drought, Californians were asked earlier this year to cut their water usage by 10%, then another 10% and in some water districts 20%. That’s a tall order, but Los Angeles residents have far exceeded water conservation expectations. According to the Los Angeles [...]
A three-year drought has California reeling under a water crisis that threatens to cripple the state. The water emergency has forced drastic mandatory cuts in water use and sent water rates soaring. Water shortages have forced the state to choose between supplying water to its people or its farms. It’s a choice more states will [...]
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These days when the federal government takes on a preservation project, the emphasis is not just on restoring history, it’s on going green. When the National Trust for Historic Preservation took on restoration of President Lincoln’s summer mansion near Washington D.C., they didn’t merely restore the buildings to their mid-1800s glory, they greened them. Ordinary [...]
Americans use 13 million gallons of water every minute of every day, much of it to flush the country’s 300 million toilets. The older the toilet, the more water used per flush. Before 1980, toilets used a whopping 7 to 5 gallons per flush. Better technology allowed toilet manufacturers to drop that to 3.5 gallons [...]
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What’s behind the seat of your toilet? In general, more expensive does not mean better.
Double flushing and clogging were widespread
When low-flow toilets were introduced in 1994, stories of double flushing and clogging were widespread. But 1.6 gpf ultra low-flow toilets have improved dramatically. The truth…most people have a standard 3.5 gallon toilet [...]
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