Cleaning up your act
while it promotes a culture of good
hygiene. These products are intended
to help save water in a sustainable and
practical manner.
Loo Cap
The Loo Cap is a hand-wash basin cap
that can be installed above an existing
toilet cistern. The technology consists
of a fitted hand-wash tap and the main
water supply connection, equipped
with a downward flushing handle.
This system has two advantages: it
encourages good hygiene as well as
promoting greywater usage. Once a
person is done using the toilet, they
can immediately get up to wash their
hands using the Loo Cap. After washing
their hands, they pull the handle on the
cistern down to flush the toilet, and
the greywater that has been stored is
released into the toilet bowl.
Each time a person uses the Loo Cap
above the cistern to wash their hands,
the water moves down from the basin
to the toilet cistern to be stored. This
water is traditionally allowed to drain
away into the municipal water system.
The cycle continues and can be used
by all genders. u
It is a well-known fact that South
Africa is a water-scarce nation, but
owing to climate change, the whole
world is becoming increasingly more
watchful around water usage. Africa
has recently been affected by the El
Niño drought, one of the worst droughts
experienced in decades. Currently,
in the Western Cape, there is an
on-going drought that has resulted in
the government declaring level 5 water
restrictions.
However, despite this dire situation,
the general behaviour of South
Africans remains that of wastefulness.
To exacerbate the situation, the same
water that is used for drinking and
cooking is used for bathing and flushing
toilets.
In the midst of all our water
challenges, TnM Innovations has
created two products that will have
an impact on how people see and use
water. The system allows for greywater
to be stored and used in sanitation
The Loo-cap ensures maximised use
of greywater to flush the toilet.