Toilet Tank Bank Helps to Conserve Water

While surfing the web today, I came across an article on sincerelysustainable.com showing this simple device that helps you reduce your water consumption. 

It's called the Toilet Tank Bank (bank because you 'deposit and save' - hehe) and it's basically a leak proof bag that you fill with water and place in your toilet's tank. The volume of water in the bag displaces the volume of water in your toilet tank meaning that your toilet requires less water to fill.

This is a great idea for older toilets which use much more water than needed. You can displace almost a gallon of water per flush, reducing your water consumption and your water rates! And, at $1.25 it's cheaper than installing new fixtures.

There's only one drawback. Toilets were designed to 'clear' based on the amount of water they were designed to hold, so the Toilet Tank Bank might reduce your toilet's effectiveness. A bit of trial and error should help - if your toilet doesn't 'clear' well when the bag is full, try filling it half way.