by Shane Henson — November 2, 2012—Aqua Mizer, a company committed to solving excessive water and energy waste associated with common fixtures such as toilet bowls, has announced that further tests and performance studies of its recently released Aqua Mizer Toilet Tank Flush systems further demonstrate its water and cost savings.
According to the company, the most recent Gallon Per Flush (GPF) test was performed on three different-sized toilet tanks. With the already more efficient 1.28GPF tank, the Aqua Mizer system (as shown here on YouTube) decreased the flush volume up to 26.56 percent per flush. The 1.6GPF tank saw slightly more water savings with a decrease of up to 31.35 percent per flush. The greatest savings were with the older 3.0GPF tanks, where the addition of the Aqua Mizer system decreased the flush volume up to 52.33 percent.
As Aqua Mizer stresses, each flush of a toilet really does count. When toilets are flushed, nearly all of them waste up to one half of a gallon of water while the tank is refilling. The average toilet is flushed six to eight times a day, using up to 30 gallons of water a day, the company says.
Flush performance can be exciting news, however, the greatest cost savings of the Aqua Mizer System is nearly impossible to measure because the average person has no idea how much water their toilet is leaking every day in-between flushes, says Aqua Mizer. According to the American Water Works Association, 20 percent of toilets are leaking in the United States. That equals about 60 million toilets in the United States alone. The average leak rate per toilet per year is a whopping 73,000 gallons, according to EPA/WaterSense.
The company’s fill valve design is reportedly the key innovation of the Aqua Mizer Toilet Tank Flush System, which not only prevents the leaking, but also uncovers a leak in the system as it first emerges. With conventional tank components, a leaking toilet will continuously refill, in extreme cases up to a gallon a minute. However, with Aqua Mizer’s newly designed fill valve, the tank can be only refilled when the user flushes it. An empty tank is the telltale indication of a leak, says the company.
While the Aqua Mizer Toilet Tank Flush System has already received great feedback from users, the company says it plans to improve it even more to ensure it delivers the best cost and water savings. The new products available by the end of the year will be upgraded by small design changes that will simplify installation and further improve performance, the company says.
Since the Aqua Mizer Control Flush Unit has somewhat limited application in certain toilet configurations, Aqua Mizer will offer another innovative product called the Aqua Mizer Adjustable Flush System in order to provide a solution to owners of a broader range of toilet designs. It will also package and offer the Fill Valve Unit for sale separately. The Fill Valve Unit can be installed and adapted to almost any toilet design or size, says the company.
