If your home does not have high-efficiency toilets, you may
be flushing money down the drain. Toilets are one of the most significant water users in your home. Up to 30% of the water used indoors is from flushing toilets. Older toilets can use as much as 7 gallons per flush.
As state law mandated on Jan. 1, 2016, new higher-efficiency toilets sold or installed in California must use 1.28 gallons per flush or less. According to the EPA, that is 20% less than the current federal standard of 1.6 gallons per flush. An average family of four can reduce water used for toilets by 20% to 60% and save 13,000 gallons per year by replacing old, inefficient toilets.
Coachella Valley Water District encourages customers to install high-efficiency toilets.
The District offers residential rebates of up to $100 per toilet and $10 for the recycling fee to eligible homeowners on a first-come, first-served basis. Customers must live within
CVWD’s service area and own the residence.
Things to know:
- Customers must recycle the old toilets at Desert Recycling in Thousand Palms. The recycling charge is $10 per toilet.
- Customers must provide a receipt as proof of purchase and a receipt as proof of recycling within 60 days of purchase.
- New toilets must use 1.28 gallons per flush or less and have an EPA Water Sense label.
- Customers are responsible for installing the new toilet, submitting sales receipts, and submitting recycling receipts.
Where to recycle:
Desert Recycling, 27-105 Sierra Del Sol, Thousand Palms. Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday, 7 a.m.-2 p.m.
760.343.0095, Desertrecycling.net
More information and rebate applications:
Visit: CVWD.org/conservation or email us directly at:
[email protected] or call: 760.398.2651
