ES4 Trials Hailed as a Success in Official Performance Report.

St Leonards Primary School in Hastings have had Green Building Store’s ES4 water-efficient toilets installed in a jointly sponsored project run by Southern Water, the Environment Agency and East Sussex County Council, which was funded by the EU. Southern Water replaced seven of the school's existing nine litre toilets with the low flush 4.5 litre ES4 models and monitored their performance from summer 2003 until September 2004.

The final project report was published in September 2004 and has shown that the toilets have not only reduced water consumption, but have also been performing to a much higher standard than the previous ones, resulting in substantial monthly savings. Peter Highmore, Headteacher at St Leonards School said: "It has been a very worthwhile project and there have been no problems since they were installed. The new toilets have not only reduced water consumption, but previous problems with poor flush and unpleasant smells have completely disappeared."

Measurements indicated that there has been an estimated reduction of some 38% in the volume of water used for flushing toilets in the school. Magda Styles, Southern Water's Water Efficiency Manager said: "The project with St Leonards School has been a great success and we are delighted with the results. The toilet uses approximately a third less water than other models available on the market and can halve the volume if used to replace older models. This is 'the' water efficient toilet and we will be encouraging our customers to consider it when replacing their bathrooms."

To download a copy of the final project report, please click on this link.

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