I was once employed as an environmental scientist in the water industry. When I was a teenager I owned a large dog, a German Shepherd. It was my responsibility to pick up his poo and put it in the bin ...

When you’re in shopping mode for a new toilet, remember that a large price tag doesn’t guarantee great performance. In our tests of single- and dual-flush toilets, the ones with the top Overall Scores ...

For years, a rumor has circulated that the number of football fans rushing to use the restroom during the Super Bowl halftime show each year stresses municipal water and sewer systems. As we found ...

The average household sees five toilet flushes per day. With older toilets using about six gallons per flush, a person could easily get through 11,000 gallons of water per year this way. Water is, of ...