Water saving ways: Dual flush toilet vs Water Bottle Trick

65% water consumption at home, occurs in the bathroom. The average toilet in the US, consumes over 2.5 gallons of water with each use. This is a lot of wasted fresh water. Water is a very precious resource which is becoming more and more expensive. Some cities in the US are paying over 10 cents a flush(includes sewage treatment fees). Therefore every time you flush the toilet you a literally throwing money down the drain. Fortunately there are ways to cut down the water consumption with each flush. One primitive way to start saving water with each toilet flush is putting a filled water bottle in the toilet's tank. The weight of the bottle will raise the water level in the tank. Making the toilet use less water to fill the tank. Leading to a decrease in the amount of water flushed. However this trick does not always work. The smaller amount flushed may not get rid of all the waste in the toilet. The only way to resolve the problem is to stick your hand in the toilet tank and fish out the bottle of water. Allowing the toilet tank to completely fill up, for a full flush. The bottle trick is an inconvenience and slightly messy. Luckily different variations of fully functional water saving toilets are available. One of the more successful water saving toilets is the dual flush toilet. A dual flush toilet has two flush options. A whole flush which flushes 1.6 gallons per flush and a half flush which flushes 0.8 gallons per flush. The two flush option allows a person to select their desired flush amount. The dual flush toilet is successful in saving water because the average person uses the toilet approximately 6 times a day. Most of the trips to the bathroom only require the half flush. A dual flush toilet in my option beats a wet hand, streaky bowl and an old water bottle any day of the week.