Salt water toilets?

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Originally posted by: BadNewsBears

Originally posted by: Shawn
We were discussing water usage in my Environmental Science class today and in an average household toilets use the most water. Even more than showers. So why don't we use salt water for the toilets, at least for people near the coast? It would save a lot of fresh water. Would it still be more expensive in the long run? How about nonpotable recycled water?

The cruse ship I was on last summer filled their pools and spas with the salt water from the ocean.

How you gunna get nonpotable water into homes?

Good question. I don't think that salt water is the way to go for reasons that other posters have stated, but rain water is pretty good for those not in a desert.... rainbank