Cost of a Toilet Flush

The average toilet flush costs 13 cents. Therefore, the average person flushes 65 cents per day, $4.55 per week and about $20 per month.

Here is the Breakdown

Each person flushes an average of 5 times a day.

*According to the Annual budget of our Nations Capital the DC Water and Sewage Authority, the cost of providing fresh water to the city's residents will accrue to $692 million this year (2009). That figure breaks down to $363 million in operating sewage treatment costs and $266 in capital.

Washington D.C. produces around 293 million gallons of waste water per day, which works out to around 107 billion gallons of waste per year. Each gallon costs approximately 6.5 cents.

Traditional toilets may waste up to 4 gallons per flush. Even though these toilets were outlawed in 1992 they are still being used. Newer toilets in the US use about 1.6 gallons per flush. The average flush is roughly 2 gallons.

*The total amount it takes to deliver water to households in efforts to fill the city's toilets as well as additional water-demanding appliances and treat that water is something everyone should be paying attention to. Clearly, these estimates vary between jurisdictions, but these figures should help you nail down how much you're actually spending each time you flush.

There are many things you can do to decrease your house's water usage without changing your livelihood or even a small part of your routine. Advanced low-volume bathroom toilets such as dual flush toilets , ultra low flow toilets, compost toilets, and standard low flow toilets will help save you money on your next water and sewer bill.

Dual flush toilets :

A dual flush toilet has two flushes 1.6 gallons per flush for solid waste and 0.8 gallons per flush for liquid waste. The user option allows for a significant amount of water savings. Depending upon your household the average water savings is between 2,000-7,000 gallons of water per year