WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a revised Version 1.1 of its WaterSense program specification for tank-type toilets. The revision came in response to some minor ...

July 15, 1946. That’s the date stamped inside the tank of my guest room toilet. That explains a lot. My house was built in 1946, so it’s an original toilet. You can hear the humming of pipes for ...

President Donald Trump's claim during a White House gathering last week that Americans waste water by repeatedly flushing their low-flow toilets generated plenty of amusement online. But behind his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Toilets account for more water use, by far, than any ...

It's a question that's been asked of limbo contestants and criminals, but it's now being asked of that household workhorse in our lives: toilets. Since 1994, the federal government has mandated that ...

The Public Works Commission's first financial incentive program for customers is in the toilet. Literally. The utility is offering $100 credits to customers who replace old inefficient toilets in ...

Even if Georgia were, ahem, flush with water, the number would have looked impressive. The Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District recently celebrated its rebate program that has helped ...

Imagine dumping an entire 5-gallon jug of drinking water into a toilet, then another single gallon of water on top of that, for good measure. Yep, that’s about how much water some old toilets use ...