Why Should Cities Implement
Water Saver Toilet Fill Diverters?
Last updated 2008.07.08 Canadian Municipal Water News
Good question. Why should municipalities spend taxpayer money to acquire and distribute Water Saver toilet fill diverters?
Because the benefits far outweigh the cost, on simple financials and in many other ways.
Water Savers save much more than water.
The Water Saver also saves money, energy and the environment!
Pretty ambitious for a small piece of plastic, but the Water Saver delivers!
Save Water!
In typical flush toilets, the Water Saver typically saves 3 litres or more per fill.
In Ultra Low Flow toilets, the savings are typically 2 litres or more per fill.
In a household with four residents, assuming just four flushes per person per day,
and a saving of just 3 litres per fill, Water Savers will save 48 litres per day per household.
Over a year, that comes to 17,520 litres, or 17.5 cubic metres.
In the City of Calgary, water is charged for at a rate of $1.70 per cubic metre
(above and beyond fixed service charges), per figures provided at their Web site (accessed 2008.06.23).
The Water Saver can save this household $29.75 per year.
Would your ratepayers appreciate a $30 annual saving on their water bill?
Save Electricity!
According to figures from the Regional District of Peel, it takes about 670 watt-hours to deliver
each cubic metre of treated water. If a household reduces their water consumption by 17.5 cubic metres,
that results in a reduction of about 12 kWh per household per year. Calgary has over 300,000 dwellings
(and about a million residents), so the aggregate electricity savings could be as high as 3.6 GWh.
Save Money!
The generation or wholesale price of electricity in Alberta in 2007 was about $81 a MWh. Following on with the Calgary example, 3.6 GWh would be worth about $290,000, annually.
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions!
In Alberta, about 882 grams of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) is produced for each kWh generated. Reducing electrical consumption by 12 kWh leads to a reduction of about 10 kg of GHGs per household per year. Once again extrapolating for Calgary, the GHG savings could be as much as 36 kilotonnes per year.
Save on Sewage Treatment!
All the water that flows into toilets flows back out again into the sewage treatment system. Reducing the volume of material to be treated saves on operating costs.
Save on Health Care Costs!
There is a direct relation between air pollution, including particulates, and visits to emergency rooms due to respiratory distress. The Ontario Medical Association estimates that there are thousands of premature deaths in Ontario alone due to air pollution. Reducing the amount of coal burned to produce electricity will help improve air quality and the health of our citizens. Burning coal also releases mercury into the atmosphere, and mercury is a known toxin that causes Minimata disease.
Address Water Scarcity Issues!
The Water Saver might even help address summer water restriction issues, if widely enough deployed.
If your community draws water from an aquifer, the Water Saver will help reduce your draw, possibly helping with the level of local water tables, which are dropping in many areas due to withdrawals exceeding the natural replenishment rate. If you are on the Great Lakes, the Water Saver will reduce your draw from that key water resource.
That's a lot of benefits from a simple device that we retail for $5.
Too good to be true? Why not find out? Send us an e-mail from your municipal e-mail address, including your name, job title, and postal address, and I will send you one unit to evaluate, free of charge.
No risk to you, no strings attached. If you aren't impressed, please let me know why. If you are, I'll be happy to fill your order.
For more information on the Water Saver, please return to our main Water Saver page.
For pricing on bulk orders, please e-mail us with the desired quantity, and we will provide a quote.
Return to Econogics Water Saver Index Page |
Return to Econogics Home Page
This Web site created, maintained and sponsored by Econogics, Inc.
All material on this Web site is copyrighted by Econogics, Inc.
(unless otherwise noted).
Comments to: Webmaster
are welcomed.
|