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Reusing washbasin waste water in the toilet

melancia_sandia

2 years ago

Does anyone know where to find a toilet that uses the waste water from the wash basin to fill in the toilet cistern?

I saw a picture of a system like this but it was in another country, UK. I wonder if something like that can be found here. It would save a lot of water.

Many thanks

Mel

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Sara Levy Designs
2 years ago
They do make combined toilet cistern/ basins in the UK if you look online. Otherwise you would have to be very creative to route the water inlet to the toilet from the basin waste- the pipes are different sizes but this would be a great environmental project for someone to focus on in 2022! Thanks for asking, maybe someone on here has tried it.
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Alison Heppell
2 years ago
Very common in japan
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