San Francisco is paying a high - and smelly -price for promoting eco-friendly low-flow toilets.
Twenty million gallons a year are being saved, but because the small amount of water isn't pushing the waste away fast enough there's a stinky whiff in parts of the city.
Now authorities are set to undermine the toilets' green credentials by flushing $14 million worth of bleach to solve the problem.
Public Utilities Commission spokesman Tyrone Jue admitted that skimping on toilet water had caused more sludge to back up inside the sewer pipes.
It has created a rotten-egg stench near AT&T Park - home to the San Francisco Giants - and other parts of the Bay Area, especially during the summer months.
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