A Low Flush Toilet Does Not Save You Very Much Water

A Low Flush Toilet Does Not Save You Very Much Water

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The title statement certainly looks like it's not true at first glance, doesn't it? After all, the makers of eco toilets are constantly telling us that their new improved toilets save lots of water. But there are in fact three reasons why the statement is actually true.

1) When the low flush toilet first got to be common in 1994, it was because of a largely misguided law that mandated their installation. At this stage the technology had not been sufficiently developed, and it turned out that quite frequently, solid waste could not be flushed out in a single try. At times it took several flushes. Since that time, however, many changes have taken place. So this reason is really no longer applicable, unless you're talking about an older toilet.

2) Another kind of trivial reason has to do with water recycling. In most parts of the country, waste water is processed, and dumped into a stream, which ultimately empties into the sea. But in certain arid regions, such as central California, the processed waste water is not thrown out - it's used over again. So regardless of how much water is used for flushing, it is all recycled, so a low flush toilet really does not save water at all!

3) Now we get to the primary reason. In many instances, using a low flush toilet really does save water. However the amount that it saves per capita per year, when weighed against the total amount used per person per year, is trivial.

So when you see a statement like, "using a no flush toilet would save the average person 30 gallons of water each day", it is terribly inaccurate. It may appear to be a considerable amount of water. But it does not say how much water the average person uses ALTOGETHER every day - including indirect uses.

As an example of an indirect use, the Water Education Foundation found that it takes about 30 gallons of water to produce a quarter-ounce serving of corn. See? 30 gallons per person every day isn't much at all!

So please, I don't want to hear about eco toilets saving the planet by saving our precious water. They do indeed save water, but it is only a "drop in the bucket" in comparison to other water usage.

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Learn more about some of the positive features of Low Flush Toilets and how they function by going to the author's website at http://www.eco-toilets.com/.



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