Canadian Town Promotes Water Conservation With New Toilets

Officials in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada have hopes of installing new low-flow toilets in various places to help promote water conservation. This program is still in its earliest stages but it is definitely the start of something good. The new toilets will supposedly be installed in the homes of residents by request only.

Michael Savard, a Wood Buffalo administrator, had a few words to say about this new program. “The challenge is how we want to proceed,” Savard mentioned. “We don’t want to appear draconian by going in and telling people what they have to do.” According to Savard, this new plan can potentially reduce a resident’s water consumption by thirty percent.

More details must be worked out, obviously, including the final cost of the new toilet for the homeowners. Savard also mentioned that municipal officials in a section of British Columbia were provided funding for the program by their local government. If this program is successful in Fort McMurray, then I hope that other cities will follow suit and start installing the efficient toilets in residents' homes. Apparently, the cost of each toilet is currently an estimated 500 to 600 dollars. However, in the end residents will be saving money on their water bills and eventually paying the toilet off.