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 ...

A busy bathroom uses a lot of water, and low-flow toilets and showerheads (which have been the norm for a few decades now) have probably saved you thousands of dollars on your utility bills over time.

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy.

Water-saving low-flow toilets have become the new standard in bathroom fixtures, but industry engineers have taken them a step further. A dual-flush toilet gives users the option of a standard ...