Let’s Talk Toilets…Starting with Their Accounting for 30% to 45% of All In-Building Water Usage; Oh yeah, and 20% of Them Leak, According to American Water Works!
(Dec. 22, 2008, Blue Planet / Green Living)
Toilets account for almost 30 percent of residential indoor water use in the United States. They’re also a major source of wasted water due to leaks and inefficiency. Unless a replacement has been installed, in a home built prior to 1993, each toilet likely uses 3 1/2 gallons — or more — for every flush…
(from GreenYour.com below….)
The American Water Works Association estimates that toilets account for 45 percent of total water use in a typical household and that 20 percent of them leak.[1] Each leaky toilet can waste over 22,000 gallons of water per year.[2] If a toilet is allowed to leak continually, it may lead to structural damage to the floor around the base of the toilet, as well as possible damage to the ceiling of the room below.
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