Monday, May 7, 2007

Low Flow toilets

For well over 10 years the citizens of Ontario have been encouraged to switch their toilets to low flow stressing two major points; one the toilets will save the home owner money and two the toilets will save water. outside of having to install these toilets in new homes the general public has been rather hesitant to switch over. In the interim many municipalities encouraged the use of these toilets by using an incentive promotion whereby a home owner could obtain a low flow toilet via the city and receive a monetary discount off the retail price. In most municipalities is still being used but it has been found the rush to switch toilets leaves much to be desired.
Just recently the mayors of municipalities around the Great Lakes have requested the province of Ontario to ban inefficient toilets.
Even with the savings in water and money being significant the public demand is minor.
This writer believes the proposed ban is necessary when forecasts of serious water supply problems are inevitable in the next 10 years.
My city, Welland, has a low flow toilet incentive program that will save the home owners money and water.
WHY NOT USE IT?

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