Saving Money in Saving Water Agawam MA

By Craig Webb

We're going to get potty-mouthed here, but it's for a good cause.

The typical man goes to the bathroom at his workplace three times a day–twice to the urinal and once to the toilet. The average woman also visits the bathroom at work thrice daily.

Let's assume you have 35 men and 15 women working at your lumberyard, and your bathrooms are equipped with 15-year-old toilets that use three gallons of water per flush, and urinals that require one gallon per flush. Over the course of the work day, let's assume that among your customers, 20 more men will use the urinal and 10 men or women will go to the toilet.

Finally, we'll be generous and assume you're closed on weekends and major holidays, which means those bathrooms are used 250 days a year.

The result? A total of 78,750 gallons of water flushed down your pipes each year. With combined water and sewer rates averaging $5.72 per 1,000 gallons nationwide, that means you're spending $450.45 per year on that part of your restroom.

Now, imagine installing in your men's and ladies' rooms a pair of high-efficiency toilets that require just 1.28 gallons per flush (gpf) as well as a urinal that requires 0.8 gpf. You'd use 40% less water, and your annual water and sewage bill would drop to $267.20. Assuming those three fixtures cost $150 each, you'd recoup your investment in two and a half years.

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