Reusable water toilet

We hear about water-wise plants, green buildings that consume less water, smart faucets and shower heads that dispense just enough water, even water-efficient micro sprinklers and automobile radiators.

Which is all very good. The least we could do for our planet and the posterity, I must say.

But then, designer Ariel Rojo gets creative and thinks a bit ahead, and comes up with a reusable water toilet. You read it right — a reusable water toilet that can save up to 83 per cent of the normal water consumption by a toilet.

As they say, all great ideas are simple, so is Tlalokc… that is the name for the toilet.

What happens to the water you use when you was your hands? It drains away right? Wrong — not if you’re using Tlalokc. The water just fills in the toilet tank to fill up to the level. Similar to a two-in-one concept, and extremely ‘out of the box’!

Rojo came up with this one when he discovered that a dripping tap can waste of up to 2,000 liters of water per year, and a toilet consumes 4380 liters per year.

And the decor factor? Tlalokc comes up to the level there, too… stylish, design, easy on the eyes.

A great way to look hip while saving the planet!

What’s a ‘Tlalokc’, anyway? Why that name? Well, perhaps Wikipedia can explain that to some extent…

was an important deity in Aztec religion, a god of rain, fertility, and water. He was a beneficent god who gave life and sustenance, but he was also feared for his ability to send hail, thunder and lightning, and for being the lord of the powerful element of water.