When it comes to energy efficiency, the subject of water is often overlooked. This is usually the case with a toilet. Most of us flush and think nothing of it. However, recent studies indicate the average person flushes a toilet 5 times a day. Over the lifespan of an average person, a toilet will be flushed nearly 140,000 times. That means if you own an old 3.5 gallon per flush or 7 gallon per flush toilet, you use 6,400 or 12,800 gallons of water a year just by flushing the toilet. If there is more than one person in a household, this number would obviously double, triple, quadruple, etc. That’s a lot of water doing down the drain. About 5-7 gallons of water are lost with every flush.
The good news is that the excess use of water has not gone unnoticed, as government regulations eliminated the standard 3.5 gallon per flush toilet in 1992. Since 1994, all toilets sold in the United States have been 1.6 gallons per flush or less. However, if you have an older home and an older toilet, the easiest and most cost efficient way to save water and money is by outfitting your toilet with a toilet dam.

Toilet Dams make your tank smaller by using plastic barriers that prevent water from running out when you flush. Your toilets are the largest water-wasters in your home. Using one of these Toilet Dams you save 100's of gallons of water per person per year and REDUCE SEWER FLOWS.

• A standard dam can hold back one gallon of water. The Incredible Superbowl Toilet Dam holds back 2-3 gallons of water per flush.
• Estimating about 10 flushes a day, that is a savings of up to 12,000 gallons a year.
• Comes with a pack of 2.

STEP 1: Remove cover from top of toilet tank.
STEP 2: Bend the Toilet Dam and place next to the drain valve as shown in the diagram. The rubber blade edges should press on bottom and sides of tank. POSITION TOILET DAM SO IT DOES NOT REST ON ANY BOLTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS IN TANK. Toilet Dam should be positioned so it does not interfere with any moving part in the tank.
STEP 3: Flush the toilet. If the toilet does not flush well after the Dam is installed, move Toilet Dam farther away from drain valve.
STEP 4: Check water level in tank. Water level should be 1" below the over-flow tube. Level can be adjusted by GENTLY bending float arm down.