High-Efficiency Toilets now Mandatory in California
As of this month, any new toilet installed in a home or commercial building in California must be a high-efficiency model (HET) that uses 1.28 gallons per flush or less.
A bill passed all the way back in 2007 is just now fully coming into force: High-efficiency toilets and urinals must be installed in all new construction in the state-houses, schools, office buildings, and other structures. Some cities are going further (see article about Capitola
in Santa Cruz County) and imposing fines on new homeowners buying existing homes who don't upgrade to the new HET, whether or not their inspection spotted the problem.
What is an HET?
High-efficiency toilets (HETs) are those that use 1.28 gallons of water per flush or less, consuming about 20 percent less water than the old industry standard of 1.6 gallons per flush. This is an appreciable difference: The new mandate is estimated to save more than 8 billion gallons of water within ten years.
I hope they work better than the previous Low Flow toilets of 1.6 gallons! Do you remember when they were 3 gallons and more? Dating myself here...
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