Reuse water with a toilet seat sink

Check this out...I thought it was a pretty cool idea. Especially where I grew up, in Chennai we had a lot of water scarcity and this sure beats having to wait for hours in a line to get couple of "kodums" of water.

Reuse water with a toilet seat sink: "

The Cool Tools weblog points out the Toilet Lid Sink, a topper for your toilet tank that first makes the water it uses to flush available for you to wash your hands.

With each flush of your commode, clean water that would otherwise go straight down the toilet is first routed up through a chrome gooseneck spigot to dispense pure water for hand washing. The Toilet Lid Sink installs easily without tools, is attractive for any bathroom and is a great space saver. Shuts off automatically. Porcelain-like white plastic replaces your existing tank top and adjusts to fit standard toilets up to 8in wide and 18-22in long. Built-in soap dish.

It looks a little goofy, and I imagine the toilet seat gets in the way of your washing your hands, but being a total sucker for water conservation methods that don't involve not flushing (yeek), I'm impressed. The Toilet Lid Sink'll set you back 90 bucks.
Toilet Lid Sink [Real Goods via Cool Tools]
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