Flush Our Toilets Less To Save
The topic of how of your flush the toilet can be awkward to discuss, but it one we must discuss to ensure we reduce our water use. With showering and laundry, flushing the toilet can be one of the biggest uses of water in our households. Here are some tips that could help you cut back on your daily water use and save you a few bucks along the way.
Let’s first take a look at age old saying when it comes to flushing:
“If it’s yellow, let it mellow; If it’s brown, flush it down”
Yes, this saying may seem disgusting to most, but it has validity. There is no reason that we need to flush our toilets 5 or more times a day just because we feel that it grosses us out. Instead of flushing, why not just close the lid to keep it away from sight? There are also no health concern with leaving urine in the toilet in our households besides possibly the smell being irritating. The same goes with toilet paper in the toilet, no need to flush it down. Just make sure that not too much toilet paper is filling the toilets to back it up. This can reduce our usual 5 flushes a day down to only 2. The bigger the household, the more this can really add up.
Less Toilet Paper
Sometimes people get carried away when using toilet paper and can force us to have to flush multiple times when it really is unnecessary. Try to use as little as possible to help prevent further trees from being cut down as well as saving you some money on both water and toilet paper.
Low-Flow Toilets
Another way that we can also save on the amount of water we use with toilets is to switch over to low-flow or high efficiency toilets if you currently have a older model. New toilets are required to use at most 1.5 gallons per flush (gpf). More recent WaterSense models maximize efficiency with performance to ensure that you are not over flushing. Older models can use as much as 7 gallons per flush. That is like flushing less than 3 times the amount just by upgrading you toilets.
Combine a low-flow toilet with the flushing techniques above and you really reduce your water consumption while keeping some money in your pockets.
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