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On 14 Apr 2006 07:49:37 -0700, wrote:

Finally, another poster was close, but, sort of deadly wrong when they
said flush a couple of toilets....Basically let the water run out of
any pipe -- the protocol says up to 10 minutes -- that you are going
to consume water from. Flushing a toilet is not going to drain the
water that has been sitting in that cold water line...

I figured the toilet thing was dependant on how the house is built.

Many people go to the toilet first thing in the morning and flush
anyhow. Sometimes 2, 3, 4 people get up at the same time.

My bathroom sink is fed from the same pipe and only has 6 feet that
are different.

My kitchen sink is fed from teh same pipe as the two upstairs toilets,
and only has about 3 feet that are diffferent.

So if the toilet flushing is enough to put new water in the house
pipes, I'd only have to run the kitchen sink for 3 feet worth to have
fresh water there.

Hey, how about this, take a look at what the experts say :)

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/ho...bs/fcs395.html