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» Water Conservation: Protect & Preserve

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In and around your home, this means choosing products that use water efficiently. Low flow toilets and flow restrictors help control water usage. Outside, you can reduce the amount of water used on lawns and gardens with products such as sprinkler timers and rain barrels.

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» Water Conservation Tips

WATER CONSERVATIONWater is a vital resource to our planet and the living things that inhabit it. With booming populations and ongoing drought conditions, our water resources are becoming taxed. Protecting and preserving the nation’s water supply is critical to our economy, environment, and human health. Using water efficiently now will help ensure water supplies for future generations. Use the tips section to the right to learn how you can take action to conserve water.

» Low Flow Toilets

In most households, 30% of the water demand is used for flushing the toilet. This makes the toilet the single largest user of water in the home. New high efficiency toilets conserve water by consuming a maximum of 1.1 gallons of water per flush or less, without sacrificing performance.

Replacing a standard 1.6 gallon per flush toilet with a new, high efficiency or low flow model can reduce your water use by 20% or more. Replacing an older typical (pre 1994) 3.5 gallon per flush toilet can increase this reduction to 60% or more!

Pegasus Cottage Collection 1.28 GPF Flapperless Toilet

Pegasus Cottage Collection 1.28 GPF AIO HET Flapperless elong toilet whiteUses Niagara Flapperless flush technology which eliminates flappers or any other type of seal in your toilet. 1.28 GPF cannot be increased. Uses 63% less water than a common 3.5 GPF toilet. All-in-one packaging - toilet bowl, toilet tank, toilet seat, wax ring with mounting bolts and matching plastic bolt caps are packed in the same carton. Coordinates with 843-274 Cottage Collection Ped/Lav. Grade "A" vitreous china and carries a limited lifetime warranty. » Buy Now

 
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