Linson-Smith -- Cold water diverter

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> **Lloyd LINSON-SMITH**
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> **Water Flow Control System**
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> [**http://www.enviro.net.au/**](http://www.enviro.net.au/)
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> Help stop water wastage!
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> In an average home, 10% of
> household water usage can be saved automatically, for very
> little outlay and with absolutely no ongoing extra power
> costs, for the entire lifetime of the dwelling, with the
> amazing Enviro Save Water System.
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> This system, which featured as a
> weekly winner and finalist on the ABCs New Inventors
> program, and was named by the shows host, James OLoghlin
> as his favourite, and most worthwhile invention of the year,
> automatically diverts the water which has cooled in the hot
> water pipes and sends it back into the cold water line,
> rainwater tank, or other storage tank, instead of otherwise
> flowing down the drain.
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> To find out more:
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> **Email: info@enviro.net.au**
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> **Tel: (Lloyd) 07 4691 3506**   
> **Fax: 07 4691 2226**
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> **145 HENNINGSON ROAD,**   
> **PO BOX 393, OAKEY, QLD., 4401**   
> **TELEPHONE +61 7 4691 3506**   
> **FAX +61 7 4691 2226**   
> **EMAIL: info@enviro.net.au**
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> [**http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23400781-3102,00.html**](http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23400781-3102,00.html)  
> **The Courier-Mail ( March 18, 2008 )**
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> **Lloyd's Cool Water-Saving Invention
> Runs Hot**
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> **by Peter Morley**
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> A DARLING Downs resident has
> invented a valve that stops the average household losing
> 16,000 litres of water down the drain.
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> Lloyd Linson-Smith's Enviro Save
> device diverts and saves cold water that flows from domestic
> taps before hot water arrives.
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> It has won a segment on the ABC's
> New Inventors television program, has been described as the
> breakthrough of century, and is now in commercial
> production.
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> The $198 valve can be fitted to
> plumbing systems in new homes or retro fitted to older style
> houses for $475.
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> Mr Linson-Smith, 77, got the idea
> after he moved from Brisbane to Oakey, where his new home
> was supplied by tanks.
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> "We used to save the cold water
> in buckets for use in the garden but then my wife said,
> 'Okay smart arse, you have spent a lifetime as a tool and
> light machinery manufacturer so you should be able find an
> easier way to save our precious water'," he said.
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> "So I came up with the idea of a
> brass valve that is installed in the hot water pipeline just
> before the kitchen sink," he said.
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> "The cold water ahead of the
> arrival of the hot water is identified by a thermal element
> and bypasses the sink.
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> "The tap handle is the trigger
> for a process where potable cold water is returned to
> tanks."
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> Retro fitting was more expensive
> because it also required a tank and a pressure-reducing
> valve to save the cold water, which was fed back into the
> distribution system.
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> But Mr Linson-Smith said: "When a
> three-person house can save 40 litres a day or 16,000 litres
> a year it does not take long to get the investment back.
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> Support for the valve is
> increasing, with the Toowoomba City Council announcing a
> $200 rebate for everyone who installs Mr Linson-Smith's
> system.
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> ![](linson.jpg)
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> TAPPING into a good idea . . .
> the water-saving valve invented by Lloyd Linson-Smith is
> gaining in popularity. Picture: David Martinelli
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> **AU2005100624**   
> **Water Flow Control System**
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> **( 2005-08-25 )**
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> **Lloyd Linson-Smith**
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> A water flow control system has a
> flow control valve which directs any cool/cold water in a
> hot water line to a bypass line when a hot water tap
> connected to a water heater is turned on. The bypass line
> directs the cold/cool water to a water storage tank for
> future supply to a cold water tap and /or other cold water
> outlets. When the water in the hot water line reaches the
> preset temperature, the flow control valve directs the fot
> water to the hot water tap or to a hot water outlet. A
> diaphragm valve in the bypass line closes the bypass line
> when the hot water tap is closed.
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> [**http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/txt/s1389495.htm**](http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/txt/s1389495.htm)
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> **Enviro Save Water System**
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> The Enviro Save Water System
> automatically saves and enables the reuse of the cool water
> which flows from most hot water taps when they are turned
> on.
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> CONTACT DETAILS:   
> www.enviro.net.au   
> About the Inventor ---
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> Lloyd describes himself as
> semi-retired. He still owns and operates a business, a
> company specialising in the design and production of tools
> to save farmers time and money.
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> Lloyd started his working life as
> a stockman mustering cattle in Boulia. In 1956, he moved
> into the light machinery manufacturing industry. In 1980
> Lloyd started his own mower repair business specialising in
> customised attachments for ride-on mowers.
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> Lloyd says he is also a
> passionate inventor. His other great passion is his family,
> his home and his garden.
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