Very simple, Federal law specifies the volume per flush as a water-conservation measure. Code officials inspecting installations are going to look for this information on the toilet.
Phil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Terry Simpson Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 8:25 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:27881] RE: Some toilets have metric indications I have noticed that American toilets often have volume per flush on them. Does anybody know why? I can't imagine that the user can do anything with the information. It seems to me that it can only be of interest at the time of purchase. Even then it doesn't seem necessary to print it on the porcelain. > Of Nat Hager III > The standing-room-only version lists 1 Gpf/3.8 Lpf, which most males > spend several minutes a day intently studying. > > Behalf Of Ezra Steinberg > Of course, the tank capacity is listed by most manufacturers as "1.6 > gpf/6.0 lpf", but at least the metric indication is there, too.
