Just When You've Got Used to Low Flush Toilets, It's Time to Talk About High Efficiency Toilets

The contest to create toilets that flush with smaller and smaller amounts of water reminds me of that old childhood party game, "limbo." As Latin American music plays in the background, the contestants parade around in a circle. Once a turn, they have to walk under the limbo stick. As the game progresses, the stick in held lower and lower, and only people able to walk under it are "in." Eventually, only one person can walk under the stick, and he is the winner. Now the low flush revolution is sounding more and more like the old game of limbo as water savings conscious manufacturers develop %LINK1% which can not only flush, but flush efficiently, with smaller and smaller amounts of H2O. And the emphasis is on the word "efficiency," because people still remember the disaster of the 1990s, that occured when states required that newly aquired toilets had to flush with at most 1.6 gallons per flush. Manufactureres rushed to modify their standard models to meet the new requirements. However, the first models, that came out, left people with bowls that were not emptying properly with every flush, and toilets that were frequently getting clogged. Finally manufacturers began to see the light after Toto developed the first low flush toilet that really worked properly. And after that many other companies followed suit. Then just when people were getting used to a clean 1.6 gallon flush, manufacturers began pushing for an even more efficient flush, and this gave rise to the "%LINK2% At this time, only 2 states, Texas and California are mandating that all new toilets must be high efficiency. This means that residents in the other states have time to shop around until they find a high efficiency model that really works. Unlike the 1990s, it appears that the newest %LINK3%, not only save water, they also work. This is because these new toilets are not mere adaptation of older models, but the results of studies to find more efficiently emptying bowls and hydrodynamic flush designs that really clear the bowl with less water. A family of four switching from a low flush to a high efficiency toilet can save an estimated 4,000-5,000 gallons of year or about $50.00 on their water bill, a modest but actual savings of about $500.00 in a then year period. Buyer in many states also get a small government cash rebate, offered to people who purchase the HET's. And these incentives make acquiring a HET a reasonable financial deal.

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A-1 Plumbing of Baltimore is a Baltimore plumbing company, which sells and installs low flush toilets

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