Six residences at the University of Cape Town (UCT) installed Hippo Bags into the cisterns of all suitable toilets in May 2005. The Hippo Bags were given to the University by the City of Cape Town and are able to save
between 2.5 and 3.5 litres per flush (Monday Paper, 2005).

In April 2006 the Veritas Residence was retrofitted with the Water Rhapsody Multi Flush toilet system23, a demand type flush system. The main reason for targeting the Veritas residence was because of the bad quality of plumbing undertaken when the University converted the residence from a block of flats into student accommodation. Nonetheless, the installation of a demand flush toilet system has made a significant
contribution to water saving in the residence (see Table below).


Water savings made at Veritas Residence through the installation of Rhapsody Multi Flush (2005 - 2006).