You guys with your weird water-to-the-brim toilets. My first encounter with an American toilet made me think it was clogged. So I pissed outside to satiate my feral needs.
We have an older style with a ton of water, as well as the new “water wise” version. More water is better, but honestly, flushing twice isn’t an issue.
do y’all not have the kind where you press one button for pee (uses very little water bc no solid mass to move) and one for poop (more water, but still less than normal toilets)? those are pretty common here in the states now bc they save a lot of water.
Nope, just the good old fashioned, freedom-loving single lever. I’ve seen the button one at restaurants and offices and whatnot, but never in someone’s home. I have three toilets in my house, my parents have three, and my siblings each have two or three, and all of them use a single lever. Some of them have less water in the bowl, but all of them use the standard flushing mechanism.
It turns out water is pretty cheap even in my desert state (Utah), the city just does a good job cleaning it up for reuse (I think it goes to irrigation, not completely sure). So while we have incentives for reducing gardening water (especially lawns), electricity, and gas use, I haven’t seen an incentive for those low-flow toilets for residential homes, probably because toilets aren’t user of water (showers use a ton more).
You guys with your weird water-to-the-brim toilets. My first encounter with an American toilet made me think it was clogged. So I pissed outside to satiate my feral needs.
the hell kind of toilet were you using? they usually have water in like the bottom third and the water level only goes up for a moment when you flush.
We have an older style with a ton of water, as well as the new “water wise” version. More water is better, but honestly, flushing twice isn’t an issue.
do y’all not have the kind where you press one button for pee (uses very little water bc no solid mass to move) and one for poop (more water, but still less than normal toilets)? those are pretty common here in the states now bc they save a lot of water.
Nope, just the good old fashioned, freedom-loving single lever. I’ve seen the button one at restaurants and offices and whatnot, but never in someone’s home. I have three toilets in my house, my parents have three, and my siblings each have two or three, and all of them use a single lever. Some of them have less water in the bowl, but all of them use the standard flushing mechanism.
It turns out water is pretty cheap even in my desert state (Utah), the city just does a good job cleaning it up for reuse (I think it goes to irrigation, not completely sure). So while we have incentives for reducing gardening water (especially lawns), electricity, and gas use, I haven’t seen an incentive for those low-flow toilets for residential homes, probably because toilets aren’t user of water (showers use a ton more).
water’s cheap in my state too people just like feeling good about how much water they use.
Ironically, water is cheaper in my desert climate than the temperate rainforest where I grew up (PNW).
That’s just because they don’t have water in European toilets, they flush by spitting into the toilet until the poo goes down.