We take it for granted that urinals flush. With each pull of the lever, gallons of clean water come to whisk away a few ounces of pee. If you think about it, it’s actually pretty wasteful, and the ...

Q.: A few weeks ago you mentioned that the new waterless urinals on the market can be a water-saving option to install in new homes. I have two questions for you. How do they work? And are they a good ...

Standing in the men’s room at the Cal State Northridge student union, no one would think that the long fight over the waterless urinal is about to come to a head. The flush-free fixtures hanging on ...

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What’s happening in our men’s rooms? Waterless urinals? Flies on the porcelain? Here’s one fact that struck me. Each commercial-use waterless urinal can save between 15,000 and 45,000 gallons of water ...

It’s hard to walk into a public restroom today without being greeted by a wide variety of automatic, “no touch” devices—for instance, motion-activated faucets and electric hand dryers—that are meant ...

In a laboratory 10 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, a mechanical penis sputters to life. A technician starts a timer as a stream of water erupts from the apparatus's brass tip, arcing into a urinal ...

The college I attend has recently built a few new buildings. The restrooms in these buildings contain these. What a terrible idea. First of all, the maintenance requirements are pretty high. Every day ...