I was reading in a free magazine I get called Environmental Design and Construction about water saving bathroom fixtures and came across a statement so obvious that I couldn't help but dwell on it. It should have been obvious to me for a long time, and in some small way it has, but I really am focussed on the issue now.
We, most of western society, use drinkable (potable) water to flush our toilets while a significant portion of the world has a severe lack of drinking water.
There are solutions coming for this problem, particularly in large scale construction - things like waterless urinals and grey water recycling systems. I plan to investigate the grey water idea for use in my house, though I'm not sure what exists, if anything for that purpose.
If you don't know what grey water is, it's basically any used water in the house other than that with urine or fecal matter in it (in T-Clogs case, that may be none). Grey water recycling systems run the water from your shower, dishwasher, and lavatories through a basic filtering system and then reuse them to flush toilets. It cuts down on your overall use of water and reduces the amount of drinkable water that you waste.
More on this in the future.
3 comments:
Outstanding Mixdorf!
That's crazy-I heard some mention of that the other day-like, within the last week, and it was the first time I'd ever heard of the concept; but, as you mentioned, it should have been obvious, like, forever.
One thing that is NOT an option is one of those low-flo toilets. Having to flush six times on a low-flo toilet makes about as much sense as drinking a 12-pack of Miller Lite. It's like, what's the point?
Low flow toilets come in many qualities - many are bad, some work well.
There's no reason to drink Miller Light.
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