Friday, October 22

Saving in the L'eau


On average, a person will use a toilet four times a day. That means your toilet uses about twelve gallons of water every 24 hours. And the more people in your house, the more water is going to be used up. In all, the toilet counts for about a third of your water usage. Worried that you may need to buy a new toilet? Don't be. You can hack your current toilet with these three easy methods...

  1. The Toilet Dam
    A toilet dam reduces the size of your tank by damming off some of the water. According to the product information, the toilet dam can save 2-3 gallons a flush. A toilet dam costs less than twenty dollars.
  2. A Water Displacement System

    The Toilet Tummy, Freddie Frog, Save-A-Flush and Hippo The Water Saver are all devices that simply displace some of the water in the toilet tank. Each one of these devices saves a different amount water and each machination works best in tanks of varying size. Hippo The Water Saver, for example, salvages three liters with every flush. The Hippo is made in England and costs less than ten pounds. (Roughly around 15 dollars at the time of writing.)
  3. DIY Toilet Hack

    You can displace water with items found around the home. You don't need to buy anything. A plastic bottle filled with pebbles can displace the water in your tank. This will save about a half a gallon with each flush. If you live near where pebbles are, the cost is only one bottle. (Ten cents deposit in some areas.) Keep the bottle away from the moving parts of the toilet.
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1 comments:

Rachel Lynn said...

You could also use an empty canning jar. Sink it upright so it fills up with water, and when the toilet flushes, that water will stay in the tank, and there will be that much less used to fill the tank up. Plus, with an open top, the water in the jar will mix with the fresh water every time.

Monday, June 20, 2011 1:10:00 PM

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