John Crimaldi is a professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into ...

In the absence of dramatically new features, it may seem like toilets these days are the same as ever. But manufacturers are always finding ways to make toilets that flush better, use less water, and ...

A Pima County program to install the toilets in older neighborhoods at taxpayers' expense is in limbo because of that question. And the answer eventually could change other water-conservation policies ...

Approximately 2.5 billion people worldwide and 4 million people in the United States live without a flushing toilet. In Alaska, about 22 percent of the population — just over 160,000 people — live ...

The shared global vision to lift humanity and end poverty has fractured. The fate of a U.S.-sponsored toilet shows the ...

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A slew of startups are changing the face of toilets—where tourists using them could actually enjoy the experience, rather than dread it. Too often, the downside of a tourist excursion is the bathrooms ...

The toilet is the single-largest source of water consumption in your home, surpassing the shower, the dishwasher, and the washing machine. So it makes sense to shop for a water-efficient model, ...

GA-MASHASHANE, South AfricaGA-MASHASHANE, South Africa — At a high school in rural northern South Africa, more than 300 students and their teachers share three toilets, and that woefully lopsided ...

Many European cities have self-cleaning toilets on their streets, but if you use one, there's one tip you should note to ...