Of course you’ve heard of low-flow shower heads, and you’re probably all too familiar with suggestions of limiting your showers to five minutes or less, but there might be a water conservation trick or two you haven’t heard of.
For example, did you know your toilet uses between 1.5 gallons and 7 gallons with each flush? Making sure your toilet is in proper working order is one good way to make sure you aren’t using any more than that, but there are other ways of limiting unnecessary water flushage.
One such way is to displace some of the water in your cistern so that each flush will waste less water. Think about it: why should the size of your tank determine how much water your toilet uses per flush?
While many newer modeled toilets are doing a better job of decreasing water waste, older toilet models especially aren’t made with water conservation in mind. But new or old, you can find out if your toilet is using water it doesn’t need to by at least testing out the water displacement method.
Simply follow the following steps to find out if you’re using too much water per flush. If you are, keep your displacement item in the cistern forevermore. If not, simply remove the displacer after testing your toilet out. Either way, you can rest assured you’ve done a little bit to green your life, and without much effort at all!
