EcoFlow Solution Reduces Water Consumption

If you have been consuming too much toilet water lately, Brondell may have found a solution. The company has devised a new product called EcoFlow that will allow toilets to save a considerable amount of water. The product basically allows your toilet to flush with two different amounts of water, depending upon your needs. According to Brondell, EcoFlow takes just 30 minutes to install. The resulting half/full flush option will, they claim, reduce water consumption by up to 50 percent. Personally I think it would reduce it by more than that (think off all the flushes per day for #1 compared to #2, in fact Brondell says 9 out of 10). According to Brondell 40 percent of indoor water usage in a typical household is from the toilet and about 55 billion gallons of water are flushed each day.

This is actually not a new product or concept at all. Having just returned from a nine country trip in Europe, I think every single hotel/hostel I was in had the half/full flush option and probably 90 percent of public toilets offered the option as well. This includes some former bloc countries that I wouldn't have expected to see it in. I didn't notice if any were Brondell's EcoFlow, but this is long past due in American hotels, restaurants, homes, etc.

Brondell's EcoFlow will be available in September for about $129 USD. It will reportedly work with over 90 percent of existing toilets and will come with a one year warranty.

[via re-nest]