I've mentioned before that I think Americans squander their resources. Last week I came across a particularly extreme manifestation of this:
During a visit to the "restroom" at the airport, I was amazed that the toilet seemed to flush for ever. On closer - though not too close - inspection of the bowl, I discovered that rather than being the usual 1GPF (1 gallon per flush = 3.78 litres) model or its more profligate cousin, the 1.6GPF variety, this toilet used a staggering three-and-a-half gallons of drinking water each time it was flushed. That's a jaw-dropping 13.25 litres!
What are they trying to flush away? Entire planes?
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Frighteningly enough, I've now found out that my figures are paltry compare to past water wastage. Apparently before 1982 American toilets consumed 5-7 gallons with each flush.
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