Flush away bill shock with a $400 toilet upgrade rebate

The Water Corporation wants Kimberley residents to stop flushing money down the toilet.

They are offering a $400 rebate for any resident who replaces their single flush toilet with a dual flush system.

The old single flush toilet in the family’s oval office can use up to 75 percent more water than a dual button cistern.

Water Corporation demand delivery manager, Damien Postma said taking advantage of the rebate not only saved precious water but money off your water bills too.

“An old, single flush toilet can use as much as 12 litres with every flush of the button compared to only three to five litres in a WELS four star rated dual flush system,” Mr Postma said.

“When you add that up throughout the day, especially for a large family, that’s a significant amount of water being used unnecessarily.”

From the early 1980s, all new homes built in WA were required to install dual flush toilets.

“Most older homes have been renovated and dual flush toilets installed but there are still plenty of single flush toilets that we’d like to see replaced”, Mr Postma said.

“We understand the value of water in our communities, and this rebate is a great way to encourage waterwise practices while putting money back in our customers’ pockets.

“I encourage regional residential customers to take advantage of this great offer now before it ends on May 31. Let’s flush out the last of the single flush toilets in regional WA”.

One or two single flush toilets can be replaced each household, with a maximum rebate of $800 per residential customer.

The rebate is available until May 31.