Savings of up to $50 on water-smart models for homes and up to $200 for businesses

High-Efficiency Toilets:
Residential rebate program details are at www. watersmartsd.org/programs/residential-high-efficiency-toilet-rebates.
Business rebate program details are at www.watersmartsd.org/programs/high-efficiency-toilet-rebates-are-back-100-each.

San Diego County homeowners can now get rebates of up to $50 and businesses can get rebates of up to $200 for purchasing highly efficient toilets as part of extensive regional efforts to promote wise use of water.

To be eligible for a rebate, toilets must be on the list of approved WaterSense varieties that includes conventional and dual-flush models. Modification of existing valves or the use of valve kits does not qualify for a rebate, nor does the purchase of toilets that use 1.6 gallons per flush.

Qualifying toilets for single-family and multi-family properties are eligible for up to $50 each. Toilet-replacement rebates at commercial properties are up to $100 each, and rebates for qualifying urinals at commercial properties are up to $200 each. Participants must reserve their rebates online before making a purchase. Addresses that have received toilet rebates in the past are not eligible for another rebate.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and its member agencies, including the Water Authority, fund the toilet rebates along with similar programs for other water-related devices. The current toilet rebate offer will continue until funding runs out or June 30, 2014, when California will require that only high-efficiency toilets be sold per legislation supported by the Water Authority.

The Water Authority’s new conservation-related website, WaterSmartsd.org, offers information about a number of incentive programs – including the toilet rebates – and provides water-saving resources, such as a home water-use calculator and water-efficient landscaping workshops.