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The dual-flush toilet has become almost universally adopted in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, Israel and many other countries, with its use in new buildings often mandated by legislation in those countries. [5] The more complex dual-flush mechanism is more expensive than many other types of low-flush toilets. [6]
Depending on user behavior, the use of dual-flush toilets potentially saves more water than standard flush toilets. [6] EPA water sense high efficiency certified toilets use 1.28 GPF or less while still providing equal or superior performance to higher water use alternatives. [13] Other toilet alternatives such as air assisted toilets, and foam ...
The humble dry toilet and a large-scale urban sewage system may be at opposite ends of the spectrum, but they are both solutions to the same problem. “So many people get so excited about this ...
A low-flush toilet (or low-flow toilet or high-efficiency toilet) is a flush toilet that uses significantly less water than traditional high-flow toilets. Before the early 1990s in the United States, standard flush toilets typically required at least 3.5 gallons (13.2 litres) per flush and they used float valves that often leaked, increasing their total water use.
ACK. For at least 20 years there is hardly any new toilet installation without dual-flush in Germany. I guess it is same for most other European countries as major European manufacturers are offering only few cisterns without dual-flush. --2.203.127.126 07:59, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
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.
Injuries can also be caused by pinching due to splits in plastic seats and/or by splinters from wooden seats, or if the toilet itself collapses or shatters under the weight of the user. Older high-tank cast-iron cisterns have been known to detach from the wall when the chain is pulled to flush, causing injuries to the user. [3]
The privy midden (also midden closet) was a toilet system that consisted of a privy associated with a midden (or middenstead, i.e. a dump for waste). They were widely used in rapidly expanding industrial cities such as Manchester in England, but were difficult to empty and clean.