WHO SHOULD RETROFIT AND WHY?
By Lloyd Hathcock
If the fixtures in your bathroom were installed before 1993, you are a prime candidate to benefit from a bathroom fixture retrofit.  It was in 1993 that the federal government first issued a “water saving” mandate stipulating that  all new toilets had to use 1.6 gallons of water per flush (GPF) or less. Before 1993, the average toilet used 3.5 GPF, and sometimes even more that that.
But even if your bathroom fixtures were installed after 1993, you might still be in a position to …