Monthly Archives: October 2010

Have you converted your tank toilet yet?

The average person flushes a toilet about 140,000 times in their lifetime.  That’s a lot of water.  There are a lot of super-efficient WaterSense toilets on the market, but before you start remodeling your bathroom, you might first check out … Continue reading

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Chicago plugging away at water efficiency

This being the first story in the What Our Water’s Worth campaign, it makes sense to start where most of the region’s water starts … Chicago. Consider the numbers: Every day the City of Chicago Dept. of Water Management pumps approximately 850 … Continue reading

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