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How washing my hands with 'toilet water' cut my water bills in half

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It's hard to be blasé about the Sink Twice. I don't want to oversell a plastic sink that sits over a toilet tank, but this ingenious, relatively low-cost device could help save the world.

Why? Because it saves water. It saves money. It motivates children and adults to wash their hands. It's a great conversation starter. And it's really fun, which by itself makes the Sink Twice worth the $83.99 price tag.

So I'm casting aside any pretense of neutrality here. The truth is, once I installed it in my guest bathroom, I loved it so much that I immediately bought another on Amazon for my other toilet.

I had low expectations when I bought. Based on the photo, it looked like a flimsy plastic device, the kind that works poorly and breaks a few weeks after installation.

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