Chicagoist: Lake Michigan Back on the Rise

sumsinnow

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:39:22 -0600

heh, yeah, calculating flushes.. I think I'll stick to taking pictures. :)

cmaceachen

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:20:54 -0600

@sumsinnow, unfortunately 1.28 is closer to a urinal flush. The ultra low flow toilet mandated federally is at 1.8 gallons per flush and any toilet made before 1995 ranges from 3.5 to 7 gallons.

matty

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:41:40 -0600

lol@prescott.hahah

Prescott Carlson

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:48:00 -0600

@sumsinnow It would seem to me that your formula calculates total number of flushes, not toilets. But what do I know, I'm no math whiz. (HA!)

matty

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:10:26 -0600

The lake is still at historical lows...

sumsinnow

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:02:13 -0600

I wonder how many toilets use those 1 billion gallons of water, hmmmmm. Time for toilet math. Typical Toilet = 1.28 gal/flush Chicago water usage = 1,000,000,000.00 gallons of water. Estimate Usage for Toilets = 212,500,000.00 gallons (I pulled this out of my head.) EUT/TT = 166,015,625 toilets. Of course these are pretty wacky estimates, given that not all toilets are created equal in capacity, water usage, and/or type. But still, gosh that is a lot of toilets.