Water Saving Tips: For Residential Water Use, Indoors and Out
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following residential water saving tips. Replace toilets
installed before 1994 (1992 in TX & CA) with high-efficiency
toilets (HETs). - Replacing an older toilet that uses 3.5
gallons per flush (gpf) with a HET that uses 1.28 gpf will save
2.22 gpf. The EPA WaterSense program labels efficient toilets
that use a maximum 1.28 gpf. - If the toilet is flushed an
average of six times each day it will save about 13 gallons per
day or 4,745 gallons per year. Some older toilets use as much as
7 gallons per flush. - For more information and resources: See
AWE Toilet Fixtures Introduction Page and WaterSense Labeled
Toilets Page Check toilets to verify they are working properly.
- Make sure the water level is not too high, the fill valve is
working properly, and the flapper is not leaking. A running
toilet can waste hundreds of gallons of water per day. - For
more information on checking a toilet: See