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To: mtrott
Why can’t we buy toilets that fill up with water and do not have to be flushed twice?

Another problem with low-low toilets is that municipal sewage systems ae engineered to accommodate a certain ratio of fluids-to-solids. That ratio was based on the older 'high-flow" toilet.

The new low-flow toilets reduce the fluid-to-solids ratio causing the solids to build up at various points, clogging the system.

Eventually, the choice will be to either replace the toilets or re-engineer and rebuild the sewage systems.

14 posted on 11/24/2016 8:54:55 PM PST by okie01
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To: okie01

Well, you could always keep a big plastic bucket in the bath tub and fill it for that....REALLY BIG FLUSH!!!


16 posted on 11/24/2016 8:58:03 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (The fear of stark justice sends hot urine down their thighs)
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To: okie01

#14. If you are trying to say that large, Democrat-run cities are full of crap, you are right.

“Mr. Mayor, we’re gonna need more larger waste treatment plants, esp. if more liberals move in”.

Thanks for the quick lesson on Fluids to Solid ratios for their movement through the treatment process. I used to be in the plumbing supply business and the early low water-use toilets hardly worked at all. They are a lot better now due to a higher water pressure flush but in low water pressure areas, I can see that they won’t work as well as the old ones (I have a great one in my house. It’s been there over 40 years or more. We call it “Old Faithful” and “Old FlushMore”.


33 posted on 11/25/2016 1:07:43 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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