[Vision2020] Personal Water Savings

[Sam Scripter]

When I was teaching a course colloquially known as "Bulldozed America" 
[conservation of
natural resources] at San Fernando Valley State College [now Cal State 
Northridge],
in 1969, before the first Earth Day, it was BRICKS that were advocated 
for displacement
of water in the water closet of the toilet, not rocks. Maybe it was 
because (red) bricks
had a  convenient size, stacked more neatly, and were readily 
purchasable in suburban
and metro areas?

Anyway, bending the rod downwards, the rod connecting the float and the 
ball-cock valve,
is a lot easier than bricks,  if you can bend it far enough without it 
breaking or interfering with the flush
valve.

MoscowSam

Tom Hansen wrote:
> Or, instead of putting rocks in your toilet's reservoir, you can simply 
> adjust the trigger arm (that thingamajig with a big plastic bubble at the 
> end of it) so that it terminates water refill sooner.
>
> [Either that or leave the Christmas tree up year-round . . . Shorter walk 
> to the john, you understand.]
>
> It certainly beats putting rocks in your toilet.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
>
>   
>> You know, you can create a half flush toilet simple by placing rocks in 
>>     
> your toilet tank
> equal to 1/2 the volume of the tank. 
>   
>>    
>>   Ellen, what did your daughter do with the old toilet? 
>>    
>>   Best Regards,
>>    
>>   Donovan
>>
>> Ellen Roskovich <gussie443 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>       .hmmessage P  {  margin:0px;  padding:0px  }  body.hmmessage  {  
>>     
> FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 
> FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma  }    The Natural Abode down on Main Street sells half-
> flush toilets. 
> I was so impressed with them I bought one for my daughter for her 
> Christmas present last
> year.  Made sense to me. . . . she's on a septic system where she lives 
> and she's
> conserving a valuable natural resource with every half-flush.  The Natural 
> Abode is a
> great shop with very helpful staff to answer all your questions. Check it 
> out if you
> haven't already.
>   
>>  
>> Ellen A. Roskovich
>>  
>> P.S.  I also have to put a plug in for the City of Moscow's Water 
>>     
> Dept. . . they have some
> great free gadgets for the homeowner who wants to save water.  The young 
> lady who works
> there was so nice putting together a bunch of stuff for me. . . .for my 
> bathroom, kitchen
> and garden. Check them out, too.
>   
>>
>>     
>> ---------------------------------
>>   Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:04:22 -0800
>> From: the_ivies3 at yahoo.com
>> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: [Vision2020] Personal Water Savings
>>
>> Our family has saved up for the last couple of years in order to 
>>     
> purchase a front load
> washer.  It may be the best investment we have ever made. Immediately, we 
> have seen our
> household water usage cut in half without instituting any other water 
> saving measures. Now
> we are looking forward to what else we can do. -Tom
>   
>> Tom & Liz Ivie   
>> ---------------------------------
>>   Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. 
>>   
>> ---------------------------------
>>   Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with 
>>     
> star power. Play
> now! =======================================================
>   
>> List services made available by First Step Internet, 
>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. 
>> http://www.fsr.net 
>> mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
>> =======================================================
>>
>>        
>> ---------------------------------
>> Never miss a thing.   Make Yahoo your homepage.
>>     
>
>
> "People who ridicule others while hiding behind anonymous monikers in chat-
> room forums are neither brave nor clever." 
>
> - Latah County Sheriff Wayne Rausch (August 21,
> 2007)
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> This message was sent by First Step Internet.
>            http://www.fsr.com/
>
>
> =======================================================
>  List services made available by First Step Internet, 
>  serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.   
>                http://www.fsr.net                       
>           mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
> =======================================================
>
>   
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20080306/8f65e45e/attachment-0001.html