Roca Dual Flush Toilets

For the last month I've been traveling in Morocco and Spain. In both countries, I saw a number of dual flush toilets (though still less than half of the toilets I saw). The most common brand seemed to be Roca. All Roca toilets have been dual flush since 2001 and many are 5/3 liters (in addition to the more common 6/4 liters or 1.5/1 gallon). The company is ISO 14001 certified for having an environmental



management system. Haven't seen their products in the US, but they seemed to work well. The picture above is a typical floor mounted tank type toilet from a Tryp Hotel in Madrid, Spain. The one below is a wall mounted tank type with the tank recessed between the wall studs from an Isis Hotel in Essouira, Morocco.

Dual Flush in Egypt

This dual flush toilet photo was taken in Egypt and sent in by Fulbright Scholar Alicia Harley (formerly of the Harvard Office for Sustainability). We don't know / can't read the make, model or flow, but it looks like a tank-type toilet (gravity fed) with the tank in the wall between the wall studs. We assume the larger button gives a half flush (probably a 6 liter "solid" flush and a 3 liter "liquid" flush). Alicia is in Egypt working on the issue of access to safe drinking water, so it is good to see they're reducing the amount of potable water used in their toilets. Thanks Alicia