How much water do you use by flushing the toilet?

Answer 1

* In the US approximately 40% of all domestic water consumed is flushed down the toilet. * an old-style single flush toilet can use up to 5.5 gallons (20 liters) of water in one flush, whereas more water efficient dual flush toilets average less than 1 gallon (4 liters) * replacing a traditional single flush toilet with a water efficient dual flush toilet saves about 21 gallons (80 liters) per person per day.

Answer 2

That very much depends on on the tank, and the year your toilet was manufactured.

Some high-efficiency or "low-flow" toilets can use in the area of 1 1/4 gallons per flush; older toilets can use several gallons. (As of November 2009 you can get a 1.28 GPF toilet for about $100 in the southeast USA.)

If you don't have any other way of finding out:

1. make sure no one is using the water
2. take down your meter reading
3. flush
4. take down the new reading
5. repeat steps 2-4 a couple of times to determine an average

If you have an older toilet with a large tank, you may be able to decrease water use by either adjusting the fill level (when the water coming into the tank shuts off) or placing something in the tank that won't move or decompose to displace some of the water volume.

Answer 3

The amount of water is variable. It depends on the position of the ball-cock float, and the arm that presses against the rubber disk to stop the flow. Some people may place a house brick in the cistern to reduce the amount of water.

Answer 4

depends what type of toilet u have, newer toilets use less water than older toilets

Answer 5

1.6 gallons to 3.5 gallons depending on age of the toilet.

Answer 6

An older toilet can use approximately 5 gallons, I believe. But now the lower flush toilets use 1.6 gallons.

Answer 7

Around 9 litres