Toilet Rebate

To our Customers:

 

Toilet Rebates up to $150 available to all Sweetwater Springs Water District Customers.

 

The Board of Directors of the Sweetwater Springs Water District has decided to extend the toilet rebate program to all Water District customers.  For some time the Russian River Sanitation District has provided a toilet rebate of up to $150 for its wastewater system customers, most of whom are also Sweetwater Springs Water District customers.  However, this program is not available to Water District customers who were not hooked up to the Sanitation District.  The action by the Board of Directors applies to District customers who are in the Monte Rio system or at outlying reaches of the Guerneville system that are not connected to the Sanitation District.   The result is that now all Sweetwater Springs Water District customers will have access to a toilet rebate program. 

 

High efficiency toilets (HET), the toilets available for this program, use on average 1.28 gallons per flush (gpf) or less.  HETs are available in different flush types: single-flush gravity fed (like a conventional toilet), single-flush pressure assist, and dual-flush in both gravity fed and pressure assist.  These toilets use 20% less water than the standard 1.6 gpf toilets and over 60% less water than the older, pre-1992 toilets that the program aims to replace.   

 

There are several rules to the program:

 

• The program is for Water District customers who are not connected to the Russian River Sanitation District – those who are connected should contact the Sanitation District.
• Your home must have been built before 1992.
• The toilets you are replacing must flush at more than 1.6 gallons/flush.
• Your new toilet must be on the List of Qualifying Models.
• You must properly dispose of your old toilets – a list of recycling facilities is available from the Water District and online at the District’s website.
• Rebates cannot exceed the cost of the toilet.

 

The full list of rules and requirements are included in the program application.  Links to the list of qualifying models and toilet recycling locations are also available on this website.