Save With Each Flush
Installing a water saving toilet in your home can save up to 17,500 gallons of water a year. The technology behind these toilets has improved over the years so they don’t have to be flushed several times to clean the bowl.
The downside is these toilets (any toilet really) can be a little pricey. So what can you do if you want to save water but don’t really want to replace all your toilets?
A nonconserving toilet uses 3.5 gallons or more per flush. So to save water, you of course have to flush with a little less.
When you open the valve of the tank and flush the bowl, the tank empties to the point that the flapper valve will shut, then the water valve fills the tank until the float is high enough to shut the valve. You can reduce the amount of water that is flushed away by placing a weighted jug in the tank. Make sure it does not interfere with the operation of the mechanism. The jug will displace some of the water and reduce the amount used for each flush.
There are other products on the market you can buy that do basically the same thing. With a quick search I found this site. They have bags that hang from the edge and other water saving items. But even a rock in the bottom of the tank will save a little.
The trick is to fine tune it for your toilet. Displace just enough water so that you are saving, but not so much that the toilet does not flush properly.
It does not get much simpler than placing a rock in the bottom of your toilet tank. Something everyone can do to save a little water.
