if its brown, flush it down. If its yellow, let it mellow.

[UrbanPoet]

I think if everyone in this world followed this rule we would all be in a better place.

[D-Sisive]

but then you'll have to buy those chemical cleaners to clean the bowl where the yellow formed a line

so you're better off flushing either way

but sometimes its just clear if you drank alot of water and didnt have alot of sodium that day so let that sit...

[beerbaron105]

the lengths people will go to, to save a bit of water

my toilet gets flushed no matter what goes in there lol

[bembol]

the lengths people will go to, to save a bit of water

my toilet gets flushed no matter what goes in there lol

I save my piss in a 4L jug and flush in public washroom.

[bionicbadger]

If you dont flush, you end up with a urine smell in your bathroom

[tkyoshi]

Just get those new Low-Water usage toilets.

They also have 2 buttons, one for the yellow stuff which is 1/3 to 1/2 the amount of water used when you push the full flush.

Also it doesn't waste water filling up the bowl, it's shaped so things don't really stick despite it having much less water.

[B0000rt]

My in laws have that tank. I took a poop in it once and tried the half flush, it worked!

Normal poop though, wouldn't ever try it with a big one....

[tkyoshi]

My in laws have that tank. I took a poop in it once and tried the half flush, it worked!

Normal poop though, wouldn't ever try it with a big one....

Haha, be creative maybe try 1.5 flushes if it's a really big one Just kidding, use the normal one if it's big.

[joshmxpx]

but then you'll have to buy those chemical cleaners to clean the bowl where the yellow formed a line

so you're better off flushing either way

but sometimes its just clear if you drank alot of water and didnt have alot of sodium that day so let that sit...

If you dont flush, you end up with a urine smell in your bathroom

we've been following this motto for over 6 months, no yellow lines form, and no smell of urine in the bathroom. we'll probably keep doing it

[legendofxix]

If your really concerned about saving water, there are a lot more ways you can save.
IE, taking a shower and plugging the tub, then using that used shower water to "flush" the toilet by transfering the water via bucket.
I'd say a lot more water is "wasted" when you take a 15-20 minute shower.
A huge amount when you take a bath.

[CSK'sMom]

I can only assume that none of you have lived with a septic system and a water source other than "city" water. Many, many people live this motto. No chemical toilet cleaners are required, no yellow lines in the toilet and no urine smells either. Water is not an unlimited resource, contrary to popular belief. We got so used to living this motto while on the farm with a septic and well water that we still do it now that we're in the city.

[ullyeus]

I concur with this,

[UrbanPoet]

If your really concerned about saving water, there are a lot more ways you can save.
IE, taking a shower and plugging the tub, then using that used shower water to "flush" the toilet by transfering the water via bucket.
I'd say a lot more water is "wasted" when you take a 15-20 minute shower.
A huge amount when you take a bath.

nah... my showers only last 10 minutes max.
Only girls take that long to wash their hair etc....

although it seems gross, i been to isolated cottages where this rule has to be followed (or else you end up wasting valuable resources) and the bathroom never smelled.

[brunes]

I always get a kick out of people who go to such an effort to save 4 gallons of water. What difference do you think it makes that you save 4 gallons of water once a day when you take a piss, when your municipality shoots TENS OF THOUSANDS of gallons of the stuff A DAY into the streets every spring via the hydrants to clear the sediment out of the system?

Repeat after me - Water is not a scarce resource. It is totally renewable. 70% of the planet is covered with the stuff. It is trivial to extract fresh water from seawater using nothing but the sun, people have been doing it for thousands of years. Lack of fresh water is a human issue, it is not a planetary issue like climate change.

The global water problem is nothing but a energy and distribution problem. Water conservation is important in areas where fresh water is expensive to procure, but not in Canada. Saving a minute amount of water daily by stinking up your bathroom does nothing to help the planet overall.

[joshmxpx]

I can only assume that none of you have lived with a septic system and a water source other than "city" water. Many, many people live this motto. No chemical toilet cleaners are required, no yellow lines in the toilet and no urine smells either. Water is not an unlimited resource, contrary to popular belief. We got so used to living this motto while on the farm with a septic and well water that we still do it now that we're in the city.

I grew up on a well with septic tank, and every summer this was the rule, otherwise we would run out of water. Not a big sacrifice in my opinion, and I never can remember the bathroom stinking like urine.

Now when I was in college, that was another story! I haven't seen dirtier stinkier toilets than then, clogged and left to sit, yellow line, brown lines, you name it!