Performance of an ultra-low flush toilet
- Resumen
- A key challenge in water management over the coming decades is the issue of limiting the consumption of water in the domestic environment, without reducing levels of service. Quantification of the components of domestic demand highlights toilet flushing as taking the major share of potable water consumption (30%), making it an obvious target for improved water efficiency. This paper presents the results of a work package of the WaND research consortium (www.wand.uk.net) concerned with the field and laboratory evaluation of a prototype ultra low flush toilet that uses under 2 litres of water per flush. Specific areas of study are water saving potential, hydraulic performance and user acceptability. The study showed that replacing conventional toilets with this type of ultra low flush toilet saved over 80% of water demand in this case. Despite using much lower quantities of water, the reduced flows did not adversely affect drain and sewer function when they are appropriately designed. It was also found that although this type of technology is generally acceptable to users, women by their practice preferred to use a conventional toilet, yet rated the new toilet higher than men.
- Autor
- Butler, David
- Palabras Clave
- Abastecimiento de agua, Ahorro energético, Equipo de tratamiento de agua, Conservación del agua,
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