Rainwater flushing system proposed

The City of Toronto’s works committee recommended plans yesterday to implement a “demonstration rainwater harvesting system” to flush toilets at Exhibition Place. The system would direct rainwater collected at the Automotive Building to flush toilets in its eight washrooms as part of a pilot project to showcase energy-efficient building practices.

Toronto Water would put up $600 000 in its capital budget for the $1 million project, and city-owned Exhibition Place would shoulder the rest of the bill.

“It’s a great technology that we want to demonstrate to the world,” works committee chairman Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker said Tuesday, arguing that the project would inspire others in the city to install similar systems that would help reduce the amount of clean filtered water flushed down the loo.

A similar rainwater collection system was proposed for Exhibition Place’s Better Living Centre.

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