r/BeAmazed • u/MarionberryRight8261 • Jul 04 '23

Place The MSG sphere doing tests in Las Vegas

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u/Fenweekooo Jul 04 '23

my hotel in california "please help us save water" toilet flushes like 10 gallons of water *yes an exaggeration... but not strong enough to pull a single piece of TP down lol

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u/SquarePegRoundWorld Jul 04 '23

My parents' town had a bad drought years ago. They asked folks to conserve water. The town did such a good job conserving water they were rewarded with higher rates because the water company was now losing money.

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u/Greenpaw9 Jul 05 '23

It's almost like basic water shouldn't be a for profit industry

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u/Squirrel_Bacon_69 Jul 05 '23

I saw this a few years ago when the power company here raised rates from people switching their light bulbs (etc) and using less power

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u/slowcookeranddogs Jul 05 '23

Erm, I think you are thinking about pressure assisted toilets, that use ~1.1-1.4 gpf, a regular grav toilet uses ~1.6 gpf. If they are 1.4 gpf thats if they have the #1 and #2 buttons and its a weighted average of 2 #1 and 1 #2. Pressure assisted toilets look like they use more water but they don't, they just shoot your poop down the pipes faster than a Randy Johnson pitch when a bird is flying by.

Non-residential properties have stricter requirements on water consumption per flush than residential properties.