The average U.S. home uses 69.3 gallons of water per day. Of that water, 18.5 gallons, or more than 25% of water use is used in your bathroom for flushing toilets. This is also assuming that their are no toilet leaks, which would increase your water use. I have heard about toilet displacement in order to save water in the bathroom, but it’s something that’s really on the back of my mind, because clearly there are more important things to be thinking about than toilet water consumption at our house.

I thought more on the matter though, and decided that saving water in our bathroom would lower our water bill which seems on the high side to me. One way to do this is by either purchasing a low flow tank, which uses much less water per flush, or by installing a displacement device in your current toilet to reduce the amount of water used per flush.

Installing a displacement device allows the tank to fill up with less water because the bottle or displacement device placed in the tank makes the tank seem that it has more water in it. Think of it like this. If you have a tub of water ready to bathe a toddler, and the toddler steps into the tub, the tub seems fuller. This is the displacement effect on the water.

There are literally dozens of tiny things that can be done around the house to save money, whether it be through energy conservation or home repairs to make your house more efficient, all of these small changes make a difference in what you will end up paying in the long run.

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