Dual-flush Toilets

By Yosef Solomon on December 1st, 2008

We live in a water aware world, and Dual-Flush Toilets are one innovative way to help save water. With the fact that water has become a precious commodity around the world, Dual-Flush Toilets has become one method of reducing the amount of water that is needed to eliminate human waste after using the bathroom.

The method in which Dual-Flush Toilets handle waste is different than other toilets do, and it gives them the option to offer the user two different ways of flushing. The user has their choice of how to flush. It is a new type of interactive and innovative toilet, and because of this the Dual-Flush Toilet has become more and more popular in the shopping marketplace.

In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency or EPA has come out with statistics regarding overall water use and it is in some cases grim, the American people use more and more water per person each year, and unless there is something done to help save water it is certain that we will run out of usable water.

The actual Dual-Flush Toilet was first created in Australia in about 1980. It started as a two button flushing system for choosing how much water is used to flush, for one its about half the normal water, for the other it is a full flush. For liquid waste, the half flush is thought to be plenty of water and for the times when solid waste disposal is necessary then a full flush does the trick.

Most of the toilets that are on the market that are considered traditional toilets use a great deal of water, even toilets that are designed to help save water still use quite a bit. The idea of examining how we dispose of waste using toilets is an area that is getting a lot of study because as a nation, and on the international front we have to decide how to confront our water use before we run out.

The modern Dual-Flush Toilet uses about 3 liters, less than a full gallon of water for a liquid waste. To flush solid waste the Dual-Flush Toilet uses twice as much, about 6 liters or 1.6 gallons of water to dispose of the solid waste. By having two different selections, there is a lot of water use savings that is possible. Dual-Flush Toilets are becoming more and more popular in both Europe, Asia and even in the United States. They have been popular “Down Under,” in Australia for a number of years, and as the awareness of the environment grows, so does demand for Dual-Flush Toilets.

In some communities in the United States, water availability has began to approach the critical stage. Because of this, sometimes different government groups on the local level have began to offer financial incentives for using environmentally friendly appliances, and toilets. The Dual-Flush Toilets are proving increasingly popular among US consumers, and are an excellent overall water conservation device.

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