>> The experiment is simple... participate in the experiment and then let me know that you did by leaving a comment below. It's easy! Just fill a jar, or even a plastic bottle or other container with water, and put it in your toilet tank, not the toilet bowl, safely away from the operating mechanism to displace that amount of water every time you flush. Just lift off your toilet tanks lid safely and submerge your jar in the water. Check out this helpful video on youtube made by some cool guys at videojug: click here
The success of this experiment entirely depends on the amount of people that participate. If it's a success then there will be more to come. Right now it's all word of mouth, so don't forget to forward the website link to everyone you know.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
The Reason
>> That's easy... to help conserve water. You can save thousands of gallons of water a year by putting a jar in your tank. The newer the toilet the smaller the container should be. Most toilets installed before 1980 use 5-7 gallons of water per flush, toilets installed between 1980 and 1993 use 3.5 gallons, and toilets installed since 1994 use 1.6 gallons. However, some toilets do require a certain volume of water to work right, so be sure to test the toilet to make sure it is still flushing well after any change.
Lets put things into perspective. Say that every time you flush, 1.6 gallons of water are used. Now let's say you flush 4 times a day. So 4 x 1.6 = 6.4 gallons per day. In a year that's 2336 gallons! Let's say you put a 32 oz jar in your tank. You would then be saving a gallon a day, cutting the amount of water you use by just using the toilet by nearly a quarter. Now imagine there are 4 people in your house. The jar could potentially displace around 10 gallons or more water a day. Now here's the cool part. Imagine if you did this to the toilets at your work... secretly of course. Really, who's going to check the tanks? Say you have 10 people in your office. Holy Shit! (pun not intended). Whatever you do, do not use a brick or another item that can break apart in water. Bricks eventually disintegrate in water and can jam plumbing lines and possibly ruin them. Take the labels off of containers before putting them in there as well. Last but not least, be careful not to place the bottles where they will jam the flushing mechanism.
This is also a way to reuse old jars, plastic containers or even your old drinking glasses. Going out to spend money on new containers would almost defeat the purpose, so be sure to reuse containers for this experiment.
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The Idea
>> The Glass Jar Experiment idea derived during a brainstorming session for an MFA thesis topic in Graphic Design. The thesis ended up taking on a different form, however, I didn't want to lose track of other ideas I had. So this is one of them, and It's not alone; it's just one part of multiple ideas on how to conserve. I'm sure you've heard of changing your light bulb to a CFL bulb to save energy. Well, this one is even simpler, and imagine if everyone participated in this experiment. The amount of water saved world-wide would be unmeasurable.
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The Fine Print
>> By the way, I don't take responsibility for you accidentally breaking your toilet by doing this. It would be hard to screw something like this up, but I still don't want to be blamed.
>> That's easy... to help conserve water. You can save thousands of gallons of water a year by putting a jar in your tank. The newer the toilet the smaller the container should be. Most toilets installed before 1980 use 5-7 gallons of water per flush, toilets installed between 1980 and 1993 use 3.5 gallons, and toilets installed since 1994 use 1.6 gallons. However, some toilets do require a certain volume of water to work right, so be sure to test the toilet to make sure it is still flushing well after any change.
Lets put things into perspective. Say that every time you flush, 1.6 gallons of water are used. Now let's say you flush 4 times a day. So 4 x 1.6 = 6.4 gallons per day. In a year that's 2336 gallons! Let's say you put a 32 oz jar in your tank. You would then be saving a gallon a day, cutting the amount of water you use by just using the toilet by nearly a quarter. Now imagine there are 4 people in your house. The jar could potentially displace around 10 gallons or more water a day. Now here's the cool part. Imagine if you did this to the toilets at your work... secretly of course. Really, who's going to check the tanks? Say you have 10 people in your office. Holy Shit! (pun not intended). Whatever you do, do not use a brick or another item that can break apart in water. Bricks eventually disintegrate in water and can jam plumbing lines and possibly ruin them. Take the labels off of containers before putting them in there as well. Last but not least, be careful not to place the bottles where they will jam the flushing mechanism.
This is also a way to reuse old jars, plastic containers or even your old drinking glasses. Going out to spend money on new containers would almost defeat the purpose, so be sure to reuse containers for this experiment.
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The Idea
>> The Glass Jar Experiment idea derived during a brainstorming session for an MFA thesis topic in Graphic Design. The thesis ended up taking on a different form, however, I didn't want to lose track of other ideas I had. So this is one of them, and It's not alone; it's just one part of multiple ideas on how to conserve. I'm sure you've heard of changing your light bulb to a CFL bulb to save energy. Well, this one is even simpler, and imagine if everyone participated in this experiment. The amount of water saved world-wide would be unmeasurable.
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The Fine Print
>> By the way, I don't take responsibility for you accidentally breaking your toilet by doing this. It would be hard to screw something like this up, but I still don't want to be blamed.
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