Water shortages: Chinese students pay for 'excessive' toilet flushing
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Water shortages: Chinese students pay for 'excessive' toilet flushing
China students pay for 'excessive' toilet flushing.
A college in China is trying to stop excessive toilet flushing by giving students electronic passes to access the facilities on campus.
Each student at Kunming Health Vocational College in Yunnan province is assigned 3,000 litres (650 gallons) of water per month on a preloaded card which must be swiped to use the toilets, Chuncheng Evening News reports. If they get flush-happy and go over that quota then they'll have to pay extra, although the amount isn't specified.
Yunnan has endured repeated droughts in recent years. In 2013, China Daily reported that changing rainfall patterns were causing the problem, and that climatologists say it could get worse over the next 20 years...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-fr ... e-37246823
A college in China is trying to stop excessive toilet flushing by giving students electronic passes to access the facilities on campus.
Each student at Kunming Health Vocational College in Yunnan province is assigned 3,000 litres (650 gallons) of water per month on a preloaded card which must be swiped to use the toilets, Chuncheng Evening News reports. If they get flush-happy and go over that quota then they'll have to pay extra, although the amount isn't specified.
Yunnan has endured repeated droughts in recent years. In 2013, China Daily reported that changing rainfall patterns were causing the problem, and that climatologists say it could get worse over the next 20 years...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-fr ... e-37246823
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Re: Water shortages: Chinese students pay for 'excessive' toilet flushing
so do the powers think they'll pay or just use the free toilet on the front lawn?
things could get messy!
cheers
Bertros
things could get messy!
cheers
Bertros
A taste of the bait is worth the pain of the hook.....
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