Football fans everywhere hope this year's Super Bowl isn't a toilet bowl but Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities officials view it as a chance to talk about the toilet and water conservation.
SALT LAKE CITY — Football fans everywhere hope this year's Super Bowl matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles isn't a toilet bowl but Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities officials view it as a chance to talk about water conservation beginning with the toilet." this weekend as a way to talk about how toilets — and other indoor water uses — can impact water usage amid the state's ongoing drought.
The department's Super Bowl lead-in is an urban myth that the nation's sewage systems are swamped during the halftime of the Super Bowl because so many people are flushing their toilets at the same time. The truth is that there is a "Super Bowl Flush" — a spike in usage documented in sewer treatment plant measurements — but it's nothing that overwhelms the system, Briefer explains.
Check your toilet for leaks. An old flapper valve can leak as much as 200 gallons of water per day. If you pour dark food coloring into the tank and leave it for about 20 to 30 minutes and the color shows up in the bowl, you have a leak.
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