Toilets are thirsty animals. If your toilet was manufactured before 1994, it regularly uses 3.5 to 7 gallons potable water per flush. Luckily, after 1994, that number went down to 1.6 gallons or less due to a Federal Law.
Must upgrade 1.6 or greater gallons per flush (gpf) toilet to 1.1 gpf model or less. For an overview of eligible products, or claim your rebate, go to –> SoCal Water$mart.
In Los Angeles, waste from the toilets enters the sewer system and then to one of the four water reclamation plants operated by the Los Angeles Department of Sanitation. The sewage will be treated there before being recycled or discharged into river/ocean.
Sanitation engineers have perfected the sewage treatment process so that helpful by-products are produced or recovered, such as energy-generating methane gas and nutrient-rich biosolids.
We can all help maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of sewage treatment by remembering this rule of thumb: the only things that go down a toilet are human waste and toilet paper. Yep, no pills & condoms etc – even if they aren’t clogging the toilet!
