Free Hippo Water Saver Offer

For those of you who read our recycling at Christmas article, you will recall one of the items discussed was a solution to reduce the amount of water we use in flushing our toilets. Did you know that in the UK, every person uses on average 155 litres of water a day, compared to developing countries that only use 20 litres!”

What is a Hippo?
Hippo is made from durable heavy gauge Polyethylene, which opens up, origami style, into an open ended box shape when installed. The Hippo happily sits in the water underneath the large cistern float. When the toilet is flushed, the water confined within the Hippo is the volume saved. The Hippo also has a small hole which acts as a relief valve allowing slow circulation of water to prevent stagnation and evaporation. Hippo the Water Saver is the simple, proven and low cost water saving device to help conserve water in toilet cisterns.

Are Hippo's effective in the home?
Each Hippo will save on average 3 litres of water (appoximately 33% of the cistern volume) every time a toilet is flushed. Independent research has shown Hippo will provide a 10-15% saving on total water use.

Are Hippo's effective in the workplace?
33% of your precious water supply is unnecesarily flushed down the toilet. In the workplace each employee uses the toilet about 3 times each day and over a working year this amounts to 6000 litres (6 cubic metres) of water.

What are the financial benefits?
Whether Hippo's are being bought for your home or for your workplace, the pay back period on your initial investment is between 8 - 12 weeks. Thereafter you will enjoy a regular cost saving on your bills. Hippo's installed in the average home provide a saving on your metred bills of approximately £20 per annum. In the workplace the typical cost saving will be £3 per employee/annum – that's a £3000 saving if you have 1000 employees!!

Can I put Hippo's into my cisterns?
Yes - but its more effective in older cisterns which use 9 to 12 litres per flush. Cisterns made after 1993 are designed to use less water, although Hippo is known to be highly effective in these smaller volume cisterns also. Hippo's can be adjusted in seconds to suit small volume cisterns or any cistern with an already poor flush performance.

How long will my Hippo last?
Indefinitely – Hippo's are manufactured from Polyethylene and when immersed in the confines of the toilet cistern, they are designed to last a lifetime.

One of our readers, Gary Little of South East Water has kindly donated 1200, yes 1200 Hippo Water Savers, for use by the residents of the Hatch Warren, Beggarwood and Kempshott Park. To get your hands on one, simply make your way to The Co-op, 57-58 Broadmere Road, Beggarwood and ask for the "Hippo Water Saver Offer" as promoted by The Rabbiter. Each household is allowed upto three, so please don't be gready.