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Can confirm: “People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once,” That doesn't help any. Much worse though, and not mentioned, is that the hi
by burfog 6y ago
Can confirm: “People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once,”
That doesn't help any.
Much worse though, and not mentioned, is that the high-pressure spray used in water-limited toilets has been proven to launch fecal matter up into the air. It's like the toilet coughs and sneezes. Lots of people keep toothbrushes in the bathroom, so those get contaminated.
The idea that "current rules saved consumers money by conserving water and fuel" is paternalistic nonsense. Nobody proposes to prohibit low-flow designs, even if they do soil toothbrushes and thus cause a public health problem. It will always be an option to install a low-flow device.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Much worse though, and not mentioned, is that the high-pressure spray used in water-limited toilets has been proven to launch fecal matter up into the air. Residential toilets have a lid to prevent that, and have since before water-restricted designs were common, because all toilets do that (public restroom ones often don't have lids, but then they usually are in stalls well separated from anything else and no one sane keeps toothbrushes exposed in a public restroom.)
- burfog 6y agoThe really old toilets didn't cause spray. They simply filled the bowl to the top with water, then let the weight of the water do the work. The somewhat old toilets didn't spray very much. It wasn't notable. It didn't create a fine mist. On old toilets, the lid was only slightly more sensible than the doors to hide the screen of a 1950s TV set. The bowl could be unsightly, and something could fall in by accident. Leaving the lid up has always been fairly normal, and people still do it today.