So I have a dual flush toilet

S-F · 08-25-11, 07:27 PM

It's a conversion. It came with the house. And it bites. # 1 doesn't do anything but waste a little water and #2 doesn't always get all the poop down the shoot. So here I am about 2 minutes ago, going to the lav to take a leak and I find about 40% of this morning's #2 waiting for me. (Please excuse the bathroom talk) As I'm having this experience there is so much water falling from the sky that tens of thousand of people don't know what to do with it. I'm talking about millions of gallons of water. More than enough to get the poop down the tube. Where I live there is no water shortage. It's a surplus. Still I have to pay for potable water to flush my toilet.

I'm about done with that. Even if it costs me a bit more to use rain water to flush the toilet (and flush effectively!!!!) I'm game.

You know I have to pay more by volume for sewer than water? WTF?

There has the be a way to safely collect rain water in massive quantities for these kind if uses.

Any ideas?

Open to the general forum

08-25-11, 07:27 PM	#1
S-F You Ain't Me Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northampton MA Posts: 662 Thanks: 6 Thanked 71 Times in 58 Posts	So I have a dual flush toilet It's a conversion. It came with the house. And it bites. # 1 doesn't do anything but waste a little water and #2 doesn't always get all the poop down the shoot. So here I am about 2 minutes ago, going to the lav to take a leak and I find about 40% of this morning's #2 waiting for me. (Please excuse the bathroom talk) As I'm having this experience there is so much water falling from the sky that tens of thousand of people don't know what to do with it. I'm talking about millions of gallons of water. More than enough to get the poop down the tube. Where I live there is no water shortage. It's a surplus. Still I have to pay for potable water to flush my toilet. I'm about done with that. Even if it costs me a bit more to use rain water to flush the toilet (and flush effectively!!!!) I'm game. You know I have to pay more by volume for sewer than water? WTF? There has the be a way to safely collect rain water in massive quantities for these kind if uses. Any ideas? Open to the general forum