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All About Toilets
Most American toilets are designed to flush plastic balls and sponges to meet the existing test standard, but that test may not reflect their actual performance. Now more realistic testing methods are showing us which toilets actually work, and new technologies are helping us move beyond the 1.6 gallon-per-flush threshold. This article also examines the wide range of technologies used to achieve satisfactory flush performance with water-conserving toilets.
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