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Remember playing the old Latin American game Limbo? Contestants paraded around in a circle to the tune of Jamaican music, especially Harry Belafonte, and once each turn they had to walk under the limo stick. Only the limbo stick was moved lower and lower. Anyone who couldn't walk under was out and the winner was the last one in. Now the low flush revolution is sounding more and more like the old game of limbo as toilet manufacturers strive to develop %LINK1% which can not only flush, but flush efficiently, with smaller and smaller amounts of H2O. And the emphasis is on the word "efficiency," because people still remember the disaster of the 1990s, that occured when states required that newly aquired toilets had to flush with at most 1.6 gallons per flush. Manufactureres rushed to modify their standard models to meet the new requirements. However, the first models, that came out, left people with bowls that were not emptying properly with every flush, and toilets that were frequently getting clogged. Finally manufacturers began to see the light after Toto developed the first low flush toilet that really worked properly. And after that many other companies followed suit. Then just when people were getting used to a clean 1.6 gallon flush, manufacturers began pushing for an even more efficient flush, and this gave rise to the "%LINK2% Unlike the mid 90s, when the 1.6 gallon flush became law in most states, only 2 states, Texas and California are currently requiring the 1.28 gallon flush, but other states may follow in the future. Since most people are at their leisure to chose if they want the new high efficiency toilets, this puts pressure on the manufacturers to develop models that are intrinsically worth buying. Unlike the 1990s, it appears that the newest %LINK3%, not only save water, they also work. This is because these new toilets are not mere adaptation of older models, but the results of studies to find more efficiently emptying bowls and hydrodynamic flush designs that really clear the bowl with less water. A family of four switching from a low flush to a high efficiency toilet can save an estimated 4,000-5,000 gallons of year or about $50.00 on their water bill, a modest but actual savings of about $500.00 in a then year period. Buyer in many states also get a small government cash rebate, offered to people who purchase the HET's. And these incentives make acquiring a HET a reasonable financial deal.
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A-1 Plumbing of Baltimore is a Baltimore plumbing company, which sells and installs low flush toilets
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