Water Saving Toilets

Even low-flow toilet models use lots of water, but some companies are taking green thinking one step further by mounting a sink above the tank. When you flush, the faucet starts to issue cool water, which drains into the tank until the float triggers it to shut off.

Using water saving toilets makes so much sense, and city governments around the world know it. A city report in Winnipeg recently suggested that homeowners who put in dual-flush toilets to decrease water consumption should be given a credit on their water bills. Dual-flush toilets use different amounts of water depending on the type of waste being removed. If you’re in the market for water saving toilets, there are at least five popular types to choose from: the dual-flush, mentioned earlier, the composting toilet, which instead of water uses an aerobic processing system to break down waste, the regular flow toilet, which uses around less than two gallons per flush, the ultra low flow, using a little more than one gallon per flush, and the high-efficiency toilet, which is any toilet that flushes significantly less than regular flow toilets.

There are conversion kits available that will let you turn your old toilet into a high-efficiency, low-flow, dual flush model. Once installed, these kits immediately reduce toilet flushes by almost half - representing an immediate reduction in overall water usage reflected on your water bill every month.

City programs that give incentives to install water saving toilets are so popular with the general population that one district in Southern California had to suspend its program due to overwhelming demand. But you don’t need a city incentive – water saving toilets will save you money, and will pay for themselves over the years.