June 16, 2009 Written by Your Daily Thread Team

Posted by Nancy Astrid Lindo, Interior Designer/LEED AP of Astrid Design Studio.

Use a brick or a two-liter bottle, filled with sand or water and set it into your toilet tank, avoid the flapper valve. This saves on water every time you flush!  Not sure exactly how to do this, here are some leads:

• Complicated YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnOvmgRDXNo
• Not-so-complicated Step-by-Step Photo Guide:  http://urbanhomesteader.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/spend-20-minutes-adapting-your-toilet-save-3000-gallons-of-water-a-year/

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