Hillsboro, OR — Caroma USA, the Hillsboro, OR-based manufacturer of energy-efficient plumbing fixtures, has donated 200 of its dual-flush toilets to Greensburg, KS as the town rebuilds after a catastrophic tornado hit about a year ago.

With 95 percent of the town destroyed, residents and officials decided to rebuild potentially as the “greenest town” in the country. The town estimates it will save at minimum 3.6 million gallons of water on an annual basis (and probably closer to 5.8 million gallons, since most of the toilets in the destroyed homes predated 1994) by using the 200 toilets Caroma donated, company officials stated.

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