Thursday, January 07, 2010

Day #6: dual flush toilets



we reduce our water waste at home by using dual flush toilets.

an article posted in howstuffworks.com gives an awesome explanation:

"Dual flush toilets employ a larger trapway (the hole at the bottom of the bowl) and a wash-down flushing design that pushes waste down the drain. Because there's no siphoning action involved, the system needs less water per flush, and the larger diameter trapway makes it easy for waste to exit the bowl. Combined with the savings from using only half-flushes for liquid waste, the dual flush toilet design can save up to 68 percent more water than a conventional low flow toilet [source: Green Building]."

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