It’s Halloween, so let’s talk about a scary subject, my toilet.
I have two little boys, ages four and eight. That opening in the toilet is a pretty big target at really close range. I don’t think either one of them has a future as a marksmen, because they still can’t hit it. There’s always a yellow ring on the floor around the toilet. I go through a lot of disinfectant and paper towels to keep the bathroom sanitary.
A couple other horrifying incidents occurred in my bathroom recently. My four-year-old still struggles a bit with — let’s say personal hygiene. The toilet paper on the holder ran out, and he panicked. So he tried to finish the task with the closest thing he could find, my toothbrush. Yep.
Then one day I noticed that someone smeared chocolate pudding all over the cabinet in the bathroom. Except it wasn’t chocolate.
Did I mention that I go through a lot of paper towels and disinfectant?
We have a modern, indoor bathroom, and I have a hard time keeping it clean and safe for human use with those two boys around. Can you imagine what it would be like with something more primitive?
Most of us here in the United States take our shiny, porcelain toilets and clean water for granted. In fact we’re trying to find ways to use less water and conserve our abundant natural resources. But do you know that almost half the people in the world do not have a safe way to go to the bathroom? In many developing countries water supplies are limited and there are no sewer systems. Waste ends up in open-pit latrines that allow disease to spread through flies and other insects.
Yikes! And I thought my toilet was scary!
American Standard is stepping up and addressing both issues, water conservation in western countries and the sanitation crisis in developing countries, with its Flush for Good campaign. In 2012 American Standard’s Project Innovation Team conducted research in Bangladesh to find ways to solve the toilet sanitation problem. Ultimately American Standard invented a cost-effective hygienic toilet pan called a SaTo. Simple mechanical and water seals close off the open-pit latrines keeping flies out and helping to control odor. That helps prevent disease and improves quality of life.
Checking out a SaTo.
Now for every American Standard Champion high efficacy toilet purchased the company will donate one SaTo toilet pan to be distributed throughout Bangladesh. They will also donate a SaTo for every 100 likes or shares they receive on their Flush for Good Facebook page. Champion toilets use 20 percent less water than a regular toilet, while still providing a powerful flush, helping conserve our water supply here at home.
To promote the Flush for Good campaign and encourage consumers to install high-efficiency toilets at home, American Standard is giving away one $200 gift card to Home Depot to three Mommie Daze readers. They are also donating 20 SaTo toilet pans in honor of Mommie Daze readers and 20 SaTo toilet pans in honor of Mommie Daze. All toilet pan donations will be donated to BRAC USA and WaterAid. To enter simply follow he instructions in the widget below:
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I take shorter showers.
I take shorter showers
I encourage my girls to take showers that take less than 10 minutes, to turn off water when brushing their teeth, to wash dishes by hand and not let water run
I turn off the water when I brush my teeth
I take short showers.
We take quick and short showers.
I turn off water while I scrub the dishes now.
We try to wash the dishes by hand instead of running the dishwasher all the time.
I try to take shorter showers, do laundry once every two weeks or less, etc
Use a dishwasher instead of washing by hand
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We turn off the water when brushing our teeth.
I only run the dishwasher and washing machine when I have a full load and we installed low flow faucets
We have one of those water conservation showerheads – you can change it to have more or less water and we keep it on the less water option.
We have a barrel to collect rain water that we use to water the garden and lawn.
we turn off the water when brushing our teeth
I do laundry only when I have full loads.
We turn off the tap when brushing our teeth
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We have a rain barrel that we water the garden with. Repair any leaky faucets so nothing is wasted
we turn the sink off when we’re brushing our teeth ! 🙂
I Conserve Water By Collecting Rain Water To Water Garden And House Plants.
Turn off the water while brushing our teeth!
We conserve water by taking shorter showers, turning the water off when brushing our teeth, and try not to run the dishwasher as often as we used to.
We conserve water by taking showers instead of baths, turning off faucet when brushing and only doing a full load of laundry at a time
we use bath water to flush toilets.
only wash full loads of clothes..don’t leave water running when brushing teeth
We don’t leave water run while brushing our teeth and we also only do laundry with full loads.
We turn off the water while we brush our teeth
I make sure to do full loads of laundry and dishes.
i run full loads on the washer & take quick showers
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I too, am the mom of two boys- and although they are now teens, let me just say that I am NOT dealing with any chocolate toothbrushes (ugh!) but the aim thing doesn’t seem to change that much with age. Anyhoo- kudos to you for the seamless transition to highlight a very serious issue that we can make an impact on- it is also some thing that we forget, being blessed to live in a country that has excellent hygiene (for the most part anyway.) Thanks for bringing attention to it, and working to make positive change in other areas of the world.
We use a drip hoses in the garden instead of a sprinkler to conserve water and reduce the possibility of plant disease
I turn off the faucets when I’m brushing teeth or washing dishes. Outside, I’ve got water saver sprinkler heads and lots of drip irrigation to only water the plants and I use a lot of mulch. Plus, I’ve got a rainwater harvesting system and use that water for my fruit trees.
I take much shorter showers than I used to
turn off water while brushing teeth, while washing dishes in sink, shorter showers, only run full loads of laundry
We take shorter showers and shut off the water when brushing.
turn off the water when I brush my teeth
We promote 5 minute showers
I take short showers.
We conserve water by turning off the water when we’re brushing our teeth and limiting the amount of time we spend in the shower.
I use shorter loads for our washing machine and dishwasher. When brushing our teeth, we turn off the water, and take shorter showers!
turn off the shower when i wash and the faucet off when i brush
We take shorter showers and dont leave the water running when brushing our teeth
I turn my water off when brushing my teeth or washing my face.
don’t leave the water running when brushing your teeth
We turn off the water while brushing our teeth. Entered the rafflecopter as “Wild orchid”
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We catch rain water to water plants outside, water doesn’t run when brushing teeth and we have a water conserver on our shower
I only wash full loads of laundry.
I wash my laundry in cold water instead of hot.
We use water efficient showers and I also am very cognizant about water intake at home.
We only run the washer and dishwasher when there is a full load!
I shut the water off when I’m brushing my teeth 🙂
we take short showers and turn off water when not in direct use
We conserve by watering the grass once a week.
I turn the water off when I brush my teeth.
Turn off water while brushing our teeth
We time our showers to make sure we conserve water.
We take short showers and turn off the water while brushing our teeth and shaving.
Turn off the water when brushing our teeth!
We have installed low flow showerheads and toilets
3 minute showers
I don’t buy bottled water and I run my water in my shower only a few minutes at a tiem.
I only wash dishes once a day to save water.
turn off the water when I brush my teeth
We do not water the lawn.
we time our showers.
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We hurry in the shower and cut down on our flushes. thank you!
I turn off the faucet while I brush my teeth, take quick showers, use low-flow toilets, and check for and tighten leaky faucets.
We have water saving appliances and fixtures in our home that conserve water.
To conserve water at my house, I always turn off the water while I’m brushing my teeth.
Turning off the water while brushing teeth and we have a low water washer.
We take shorter showers. Plus we just installed the American Standard Champion 4 Max toilet.
I TURN OFF THE WATER WHILE I BRUSH MY TEETH
we are taking short showers and use rain water for gardening
We try in general never to use more water than we need. We only run full loads of dishes and laundry and we turn off water while brushing our teeth, etc.
I turn off water when not using such as when brushing my teeth and also when cooking. I also let the rain water my plants and grass.
We always turn off the water while brushing our teeth and I give my 3 year old more showers than baths.
I replaced two old [over 40 years old] toilets with low-flush ones to conserve water.
Shorten showers, turn off water while brushing teeth, only run dishwasher when full.
We changed out the toilets to low flow and we turn off the water when brushing teeth and doing dishes.
By only running the dishwasher when its full, and using it vs hand washing my dishes. Believe it or not it uses less water.
We turn the water off while brushing our teeth 🙂
we do not flush after every urination
I only run the dishwasher when there is a full load. Same goes for the clothes washing machine.
Turn the water off while brushing my teeth.
Shortened showers by 5 minutes!~
All three kids bathe together and we only flush when we have to ;O)
I only wash full loads of laundry or dishes and when I brush my teeth and don’t keep the water running.
I turn off my water when I brush my teeth
turn off water while brushing teeth
We take short showers and we don’t run the water while brushing our teeth or soaping up the dishes.
I take short showers, wash dishes by hand, and never let the water run.
i only use the amount of water i need , like change the washer setting for the right size load
We conserve water by turning off the water while lathering up in the shower, brushing our teeth and installing low flow toilets.
We also use rain water to water the plants.
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we time our showers,only do laundry when I have a full load,only run the dishwasher when its full
We conserve water by taking short showers!
short showers, only do full loads with the dishwasher and laundry
I cut down on time in showers, turn off water when brushing teeth, reduce flushes, and more.
I turn the water off while I brush my teeth.
By turning off the faucets when water isn’t being used and just using less in general.
To save water used in growing tomatoes and a few other vegetables, I use a homemade garden system called Global Buckets made from 5 gallon buckets. It holds water in a base bucket and the plants in the upper bucket “drinks” as needed. There’s no runoff or evaporation so it saves a lot of garden water.
We turn off the faucet while we brush our teeth
We turn off the faucets when we’re not using them and limit laundry to once a week unless necessary
We turn off the water while we’re brushing our teeth. We also don’t use the dishwasher anymore. When we started, I noticed the water bill went up so high.
I purchased an HE washer when my old one died. I have a full load with the dishwasher, washer and never let the water run.
I conserve water by turning off the faucets when I’m brushing teeth , only washing my clothes and using the dishwasher when they washer and dishwasher is full and limiting the time I spend in the shower.
We installed a better toilet and water saver shower heads. Thanks!
We take shorter showers and turn off the water while brushing our teeth.
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We have water saver type shower head
i have two 80 gallon water barrels that collect water so we can use the city’s water less
We have a rain harvesting bucket and we use that water to water our garden.
We use low flow water aerators on all our sink faucets.
We try to remember to turn the water off when washing dishes or brushing teeth
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I try to remember to turn off the water when I brush my teeth and not let the water run while I clean the dishes.
I turn the water off when not needed while doing dishes and brushing my teeth
I turn off the water while brushing my teeth.
I take quicker showers…. ok so thats more because I have a 2 year old but it does conserve water!!
I shut the water off while brushing my teeth.