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> - Our toilets and showers are not efficient. You can't make blanket claims about the US as a whole for things that are driven by the states - many states hav
by happyopossum 2y ago
> - Our toilets and showers are not efficient.
You can't make blanket claims about the US as a whole for things that are driven by the states - many states have highly restrictive shower/toilet efficiency requirements.
- grecy 2y agoWhenever I’m in the states and see the urinal “American Standard” 1 gpf (gallon per flush) I cry in Australian.
- sib 2y agoAmerican Standard sells urinals with water use as low as 1/8 (0.125) gallons per flush. https://www.americanstandard-us.com/urinals-list https://www.americanstandard-us.com/urinals-list (I only thought of this because the urinals at the companies I've worked at over the past decade proudly displayed these 1/8-gallon numbers.
- pkaye 2y agoHow much is the gpf or lpf in Australia?
- klyrs 2y agoIn Australia, they're measured in pints
- throwaway2016a 2y agoYou are right, I cannot generalize. In fact our main flush function in newer toilets is the same flow as almost all countries (Australia and Japan being the exceptions) but we also have far fewer "Duel Flush" toilets (apparently, I'm just learning this myself) and the low flow on duel flush toilets uses much less water.