As part of its water awareness drive, the Cape Winelands District Municipality (CWDM) kick-started a project distributing devices called the “Toilet Tummy” at Esselen Park Senior Secondary School in Worcester.
The Toilet Tummy is a sturdy plastic device that, once filled with water, can be placed into a cistern so that less water is used when flushing. Besides water saving advantages, the device offers further benefits, in that it can fit into the modern smaller cisterns a brick cannot even fit in.
The newly elected chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Student Representative Council of the school performed their first “official” duty when they received 30 bags from CWDM officials on their school’s behalf.
The municipality, along with their counterparts in other regions, will distribute the water displacement devices to schools, hostels and guest houses throughout the district.
“By now, everyone is aware that toilet flushing uses up vast quantities of water,” a municipal representative explained to learners, “and it’s not really something that we can avoid. However, we can reduce the amount of water that flushing uses.”
