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2. 5 Signs It's Time To Replace Your Toilet, According To ... - AOL

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   You can check if your tank is leaking into your basin by adding a few drops of food coloring to it, waiting 20 to 30 minutes, then seeing if the water in the basin has become tinted or not.

3. How to Fix a Running Toilet and ZERO Plumbing Skills ... - AOL

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   Fixing a running toilet is a task that if you put your mind to it, you can do all on your own (without professional help). We have a step-by-step guide to DIY.

4. Drain-waste-vent system - Wikipedia

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   In the U.S., every plumbing fixture must also be coupled to the system's vent piping. [1] Without a vent, negative pressure can slow the flow of water leaving the system, resulting in clogs, or cause siphonage to empty a trap. The high point of the vent system (the top of its "soil stack") must be open to the exterior at atmospheric pressure.

5. Pit latrine - Wikipedia

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   These types of toilets do require water for flushing but otherwise share many of the same characteristics as simple pit latrines. One to three liters (quarts) of water is used per flush, and they often have two pits that are used one after the other ("twin pit pour flush pit latrine"). For this reason they are subsumed under the term "pit latrine".

6. Flush toilet - Wikipedia

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   A flush toilet (also known as a flushing toilet, water closet (WC); see also toilet names) is a toilet that disposes of human waste (i.e., urine and feces) by collecting it in a bowl and then using the force of water to channel it ("flush" it) through a drainpipe to another location for treatment, either nearby or at a communal facility.

7. Every toilet flush reveals a clue in fight to stop COVID-19 - AOL

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   CHICAGO — With COVID-19 infections spiking again at an alarming rate, Chicago is scrambling to catch up to other cities forecasting outbreaks by analyzing human waste flushed down thousands of ...

8. Sustainable living - Wikipedia

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   Traditionally, toilets use three to five gallons per flush. If an eighteen-liter per flush toilet is removed and a six-liter per flush toilet is put in its place, 70% of the water flushed will be saved while the overall indoor water use by will be reduced by 30%. [70] It is possible to have a toilet that uses no water. A composting toilet ...

9. Don’t sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn

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   A three-minute trip to the loo can easily turn into 15 minutes of reading, scrolling and posting. ... an increase in people passing more time on the toilet, and that is very much unhealthy for the ...