| Did you know that the residential toilet is | | | | but will doubtless be completely different around |
| accountable for roughly 30% of all residential | | | | the world. Check your own nation's specifications |
| water usage, and leaking lavatory pipes are a | | | | to see. Within the US any new lavatory is not |
| serious source of water loss. This great use of | | | | allowed to make use of more that 1.6 gallons of |
| water prompted the Environmental Protection | | | | water for each single flush. High efficiency toilets |
| Agency (EPA) in the Country to sponsor a | | | | (HETs) need to improve on that by utilizing no |
| program called WaterSense to assist individuals | | | | more than 1.26 gallons for each flush (gpf). This |
| making purchases of toilets to locate | | | | saves in the order of 20% over normal new |
| high-efficiency toilets which can be highly | | | | toilets, a large saving if these are rolled out |
| water-efficient to assist the country save water | | | | country wide. An impartial laboratory has to |
| by lowering its water and wastewater use within | | | | endorse these toilets to permit them to receive |
| the home. | | | | the WaterSense tag. The certification process is |
| High Efficiency Toilets | | | | stringent and the toilets have to satisfy stringent |
| The classification of high efficiency toilets is | | | | efficiency and performance standards. |
| specified under federal regulation within the US, | | | | |