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Water Efficiency Success StoriesThe Day the Water Stopped in Orme, TNThe water ran out for the 148 residents of Orme, TN in the summer of 2007. Water was trucked in daily, but it was only enough for three hours of average home use every day. Members of the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute volunteered replacements of high efficiency toilets (HETs) and faucets in a weekend campaign called "Race to Save the Water" in October 2007. Read more
Concordia College Understands the Value Of Water ConservationFlushing a toilet more than once used to be the norm in some of the dorm halls at Minnesota’s Concordia College in Moorhead. Replacing old inefficient toilets with high performance toilets saved the college 450,000 gallons of water in one year. Read more |