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<br />@ <br />13. TOILET TALK <br /> <br />Take A Guess. <br />Where do you use most of the drinkable water in your house? <br />A)The kitchen sink B)The garden ho.se C)The toilet <br /> <br />Toilers?!! It may seem kind of funny to be talking about <br />toilers when we're supposed to be talking about saving <br />the Earth. But there is a connection. We use more <br />water in our <br />toilets than <br />in any other <br />place in our <br />homes. <br />But a lot <br />of it is wast- <br />ed, because <br />most toilers <br />use more <br />water than <br />they need <br />to. <br /> <br /> <br />Here's something simple you can <br />do to help turn your toilet into a <br />water-saver. <br /> <br />Did You Know <br /> <br />. Believe it or not, the water we <br />flush down our toilers starts out as <br />fresh drinking water! <br /> <br />. Fresh water flows into the tank <br />(in the back of the toiler). When <br /> <br />48 <br />Answer: C. The tai.let. You may not think of it as drinkable water, but it is, before you use it. <br /> <br />@ <br /> <br />you push the handle to flush, the water flows through the <br />bowl to clean it out and goes down into'the sewer. Then <br />the tank fills up with more fresh water. <br />. Each time you flush, your toilet uses about five to seven <br />gallons of water! But it doesn't have to! <br /> <br />What You Can Do <br /> <br />. Here's a fun project The object is to put something in <br />your toilet tank to take up space, so there will be less room, <br />and your toilet will use less water. <br />. The best thing to put in the tank is a plastic jug, like the <br />kind you get laundry soap, milk, or juice in. <br />· First, soak off the label. <br />. Then get some small rocks and put them in the jug to <br />make it heavier. Fill it with water and put the cap back on. <br />You might need help carrying the jug, now because it can <br />get heavy. <br />. Now get an adult to lift the toilet tank cover off. <br />. Put the bottle in the tank. Be careful that it doesn't get <br />in the way of the arm or chain that helps the toilet to flush. <br />. Now every time you flush, you'll save between one and <br />two gallons of water. Good for you! <br /> <br />See For Yourself <br />Discover how the toilet works. Ask one of your parents to <br />take off the top of the toilet tank. Then flush the toilet. <br />Watch as the arm inside lifts and the water flows from the <br />tank into the bowl, then swirls away into the drain. Now <br />watch while the tank fills up with water again, so it's ready <br />the next time you need to flush. What a clever invention! <br /> <br />49 <br />