They did however talk about their water saving devices, especially toilets that will flush more than 5 squares of T.P. My favorite was their dual flush lineup of toilets. Their dual flush has two flush modes, one for #1 and one for #2 (#1=pee, #2=poop if you didn't catch that). This provides a 32% water savings over conventional 1.6 gal water saving toilets by flushing at a rate of .5 gal for #1 and 1.2 gal for #2.
In my opinion this is far from the end of water saving devices. There are many other ways to save water as well. The problem for renters is that developers are always going to go the cheapest route in apartments, meaning things like dual flush toilets and gray water systems, and super energy and water saving devices are out of the question for some of us. I don't have any answers but these are the things we need to be thinking about. We all have the ability to retrofit our faucets, our toilet insides, and our shower heads. What else can we do to save water?
Just to put some ideas out there. Homeowners have a lot more options, as do business and other building owners. Gray water and rainwater systems are big ones. This is the ability to save the rainwater and water from the sink, that is perfectly fit for watering your lawn or plants. If you want to take it one step further, drip irrigation is a 100% efficient use of your water. For lawns it is an underground system. This prevents water from evaporating away. I believe sprinkler systems are something like 60% efficient.
I will talk more about the importance of water conservation later.
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