Save Water with Dual Flushing Toilets

Toilet itself is a great invention but above that if we talk about dual flushing toilets then these are just superb as these save lots of water. It has been found that the normal flushing system consumes about 1.6 gallons of water whereas the dual flushing system consumes just 0.8 gallons of water.

 

All of us know that huge amount of water is wasted in flushing system and it gets polluted and moreover we then cannot think of using it even for household work. So how can save this precious natural resource that is our life. One way of cutting down this water wastage is by using the dual flushing toilets.

 

In this system of flushing there are two means to choose from one for solid and the one for liquid. So you can actually decide on the quantity of water required which is just impossible in the normal flush. In the normal flushing system same amount of water will be used every time.

 

Dual flush toilet was invented by Bruce Thompson in 1980 at the Coroma toilet company Australia. The first such system consisted of Duoset cistern that was in the center of the tank. Further this was given two buttons at the top one for the half flush and one for the full flushing. With this extremely beneficial dual flushing toilets close to 67% of the water used for this purpose was saved. With time many changed have been made in design as well as efficiency of this system so that more benefit can be reaped to save the water.

 

Even if you have the normal toilet at your place you can add a Dual Flush conversion kits. It is actually a cheaper alternative to the big expenses that can occur to you if you will go for the complete flushing system change.

 

Dual flushing system is very popular in Australia, Asia and Europe where there is a water shortage from simple to large extent. It is also gaining popularity in America as well as Canada. New and more stringent laws are being formulated and applied on saving water and installing water saving equipments like dual flushing systems.

For newly installed toilets a new law has been passed by New York City Counter in which the flush system should have high water saving efficiency and this will be effective in the city plumbing code in July of 2012. Even these guidelines will also be applicable of other bathroom fittings such as shower heads, urinals, sinks and faucets.