A Water Bottle in Your Toilet?
Remember the old folk wisdom that said to place a brick in your toilet’s water tank? Well, that was partly correct, but placing a plastic bottle filled with water and a few pebbles is better. It’s an effortless way to save water-which is an increasingly scarce resource.
The average model uses three to seven gallons per flush and most will flush perfectly well with a little less H2O. You don’t have to turn hippie and call it ”mellow yellow” in order to save clean water….a bottle in the tank will displace enough water to save half a gallon to a gallon each use or up to about 10 gallons a day in a typical home.
What’s wrong with using the brick? They have been known to disintegrate in toilet water over time, leading to damaged plumbing. All you have to do is drop a little sand or some pebbles in a bottle, fill it with water, and put it in the tank, making sure not to disturb the the toilet’s working parts.
Easy enough?
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