On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 22:07:31 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 7/20/2015 7:52 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:


I remember reading something about the city of San Francisco finding it necessary to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals to flush their sewer systems because of the widespread adoption of water saving toilets and plumbing fixtures not putting enough water into the sewer system to flush queer poop down the line to the sewage treatment plant. The law of unintended results strikes La La Land again and again. O_o

[8~{} Uncle Sewer Monster


I can believe that. Our 1.6 gpf toilets do a great job of clearing the
bowl, but I always wonder about moving things down the line to the
street. I double flush often, not from need,, but for safety.

I've often wondered how much water is used by people rinsing out stuff
to be recycled. Water is in short supply in many areas and the amount
of water used to clean that trash must be huge.