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Article: Flush with knowledge on water-efficient toilets; EcoConsumer.(YourSaturday)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- November 7, 2009
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Byline: Tom Watson; Special to The Seattle Times
What do you want from your toilet?
A toilet needs to accomplish its main job. That's certainly the No. 1 (and No. 2) concern. But these days we should expect even more. Modern toilets can take care of business without wasting water, and save us money as they conserve resources.
Q: Let's flush this out a little bit. What's the problem?
A: It's the sheer volume of water that whooshes down our toilets. Each of us flushes the toilet 140,000 times over an average lifetime. Toilets account for 30 percent of indoor residential water consumption and are the largest use of water in the home.
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