From last Sunday’s New Jersey Star-Ledger: Teens at Rahway High School audited their school’s water consumption, with a little help from Rutgers, and figured out a way to save 1.6 million gallons of water a year.
After a presentation last Tuesday to executives from American Standard, the historic plumbing company agreed to donate more than $60,000 after the Rahway Water Champions demonstrated that the school could save an estimated $6,500 or more a year by upgrading to the newest water-saving toilets, faucets and urinals.
Post-installation water usage reports will be monitored by the students and reported by American Standard Brands, as well as The New Jersey Water Savers Program, a partnership between the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program, the NJDEP and the EPA.
Read more from the NJ Star-Ledger.
Read the American Standard press release.
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