Cash for Crappers?
September 4, 2009 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under Repair Renovate Maintain
I discovered a program for Tucson Water customers the other day that offers rebates for replacing old 3.5 gallon/flush toilets with new high efficiency toilets, in an effort to reduce water usage. You can get a rebate of half the cost of the new toilet fixture, up to $120/toilet, with a maximum rebate per house of $200.
There’s a list of approved high efficiency replacement toilets here.
Oh, and if you’re doing a big house remodel and swapping out toilets as part of that, then that doesn’t qualify for the rebate either. And the rebate doesn’t cover installation costs or any "accessories" like a new wax ring. You can check out answers to frequently asked questions here.
Rules to Qualify:
- The house must be serviced by Tucson Water.
- The toilets being removed must use 3.5 gallons/flush or more, and be manufactured prior to 1991
- The new toilet must be a high efficiency toilet, using 1.3 gallons per flush or less.
- Photo via flickr by janewaterbury.
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Everytime i read the title of this post i actually laugh out loud.
But really, i hate the what i call flush 3 times toilets but I agree that if everyone were to save a gallon a day it would really help. I love the blog!
I believe a program similar to this is very popular in Austin, TX there was actually talk here in Dallas area of requiring all homes being resold that did not already have high efficiency toilets to be done, at the sellers expense, before closing with the new buyers. Obviously it did not get very far, for now, with so many sellers already bring cash to close on their houses.