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Flushing out the old Toilet

September 13, 2016

With a major water drought in California, here at DM+A, when working on a bathroom project the toilet we specify must not only be beautiful, it must also be efficient. With the average person flushing five times a day, toilets make up about 31% of overall household water consumption, so we wanted to share our latest toilet find.

 

Australia is in a perennial drought, so we looked to an Australian engineered toilet, the Caroma Sydney Smart toilet. This beauty is a high efficiency toilet (HET) with a dual flush 1.28/0.8 gallons per flush. With less water usage, the trap outlet is about 3x larger than a typical standard toilet, so clogs are a thing of the past. This toilet is Water Sense labeled, meeting rigorous criteria for both performance and efficiency.

 

Even if you're not remodeling a bathroom, but want to reduce your water usage, consider changing out your old toilet.

Tags: California, drought, DM+A, De Meza + Architecture, Bathroom Renovation, Bathroom design, toilet, water consumption, water conservation, Australia, Caroma, Syndey Smart toilet, HET, High Efficiency Toilet, dual Flush, gallons per flush, trap outlet, Water Sense Labeled
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