Potable water: Reducing its wastage in Britain: [`]You never know the worth of water until the well is dry' (Scottish proverb)

J.L.P. Jones, S.D. Probert and A.D. Hall

Applied Energy, 1987, vol. 27, issue 4, 287 pages

Abstract: Britain's water-supply system suffers from profligate wastage. This report describes the water-resource management policies which have evolved to rectify this situation. In the consumer sector, one of the major water-wasting appliances is the self-flushing cistern, which serves urinals. For the gentlemen's lavatory investigated experimentally, it has been demonstrated that more than 87% of the water used could have been saved by relatively cheap methods, while still complying with the minimum flushing requirements, as set out in section 7 of B.S. 6465.

Date: 1987
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