Water Dept. rebate program ends Sept. 30
By Canton CitizenIf you were considering upgrading your bathroom with a new toilet, or thinking about purchasing a new clothes washer, you may want to do it in the next few weeks before the Canton Water Department Rebate Program comes to an end.
Residents can receive a $100 credit for replacing a toilet that uses 3.5 gallons per flush (gpf) or more with a WaterSense-labeled toilet that uses 1.28 gpf or less. The replacement toilet must be on the list of approved WaterSense-labeled toilets, available at www.epa.gov/watersense. There is a limit of two toilets per household.
Residents can also receive a $75 credit for the purchase and installation of clothes washers that have a water factor of 4.5 or less, as shown on the Energy Star list at www.energystar.gov. There is a limit of one clothes washer per household.
A $10 credit is offered for the installation of a dual-flush toilet conversion kit on a 1.6 gpf toilet. Dual-flush conversion kits easily convert standard toilets into water-saving toilets. There is a maximum limit of two kits per household.
All rebates are dispensed in the form of a credit on residential water/sewer bills. Terms and conditions apply, and residents are encouraged to call the Water Department prior to purchase to confirm eligibility. Only items replaced after July 25, 2011, are eligible.
Finally, residents may visit the Water Department during regular business hours to pick up free Niagara 1.5 gallon per minute (gpm) Earth Massage chrome showerheads, 1.5 gpm kitchen faucet aerators, and 1.0 gpm bathroom faucet aerators.
For more information, call the Canton Water and Sewer Department at 781-821-5017 or go to town.canton.ma.us.
The town of Canton has partnered with the Neponset River Watershed Association to help facilitate a grant from the EPA and MassDEP for a one-year Water Conservation Program.
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The EPA has some wonderful ideas. They also seem to have some crackpot ideas, too.
The City of San Francisco, is/was an early adopter of the EPA’s WaterSense toilets. The City financed the installation of about 16,000 of these devices with the same rebates mentioned in this article. They don’t have sufficient flow of water through the sewer system to flush the waste. There are approximately 300,000 residences in San Francisco. Now, (no pun intended) there is a stink in San Francisco.
Saving water is a great idea. Ruining one’s home isn’t.
By trade I’m a writer of cookbooks and food articles for magazines. I say this as I don’t own stock in a business related to water, plumbing fixtures, construction, architecture … I’m trying to say I don’t have a financial interest in what I write about at: http://high-efficiency-toilet.blogspot.com/
There I have tried to chronicle the development of how these low water use toilets came into existence and the consequences of violating the laws of physics, because politicians think that’s a wise idea.