At last, January 1, 2001--a date welcomed as the day that saw the final and full implementation of the U.K. Water Regulations.
At last, January 1, 2001--a date welcomed not in a pedantic way as really the first day of the third millennium, but as the day that saw the final and full implementation of the U.K. Water Regulations, and for me personally, the end of a particular journey. From 1/1/01, it will be legal in the U.K. to supply and install w.c.'s with a 6-litre flush volume and a lower 4-litre maximum volume for the removal of fluid contamination, referred to here as a 6/4 dual flush.
The new Regulations will allow, for the first time, open international competition within the U.K. market, as the protectionist legislation that enshrined the siphon as the sole means of cistern operation, and effectively barred the way to the next generation of even lower flush volume appliances, is superseded.