Comments on: Water Conservation in the Home

By: Greywater Guy

Greywater Guy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:43:43 +0000

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By: Bob Brady

Bob Brady — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:21:28 +0000

On your show on10/04/08 you mention a device that gets hot water at all times to all outlets.What was the name of tje product and where can it be puchased.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:47:28 +0000

“If replacing a toilet isn’t in your budget, add a few inches of gravel or sand to a plastic soft drink bottle, fill it with water, screw on the cap, and put it in the tank away from the float and flapper to reduce the amount of water used per flush.”

Unfortunately a regular US toilet is not designed to perform well with reduced amounts of water. A regular toilet in the US works with the siphon technology, that means the waste gets pulled down through suction. In order to create suction, the trapway is as small as possible, while still letting the waste through. If you try to flush solid and paper waste with less water, the likelihood of clogging the toilet increases. If you want to save water and a toilet that works, invest a little bit of money and purchase a WaterSense labeled, Dual Flush toilet. Caroma Dual Flush toilets use 0.8/1.6 gallons per flush and basically won’t clog. See how they work here http://www.youtube.com/ecotransitions

Best regards,

Andrea Paulinelli, ecoTransitions Inc.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:31:09 +0000

With regards to the low flow aerators most low flow aerators do come in a 1 gallon per minute and a .5 gallon per minute. I recently saw a company coming out with a .33 gallon per minute but I have not used this product and can not speak to it. Also consider low flow faucet aerators in the kitchen which can be anywhere from 2.2 gpm’s and below but typically most people prefer greater pressure in the kitchen.