The Southwest Florida Water Management District recently approved an agreement to continue funding the St. Petersburg Toilet Replacement Program.
The program, which began in 1997, is a cooperatively funded effort between the City of St. Petersburg and the District’s Pinellas-Anclote River Basin Board. The goal of the ninth phase of the project is to promote water conservation by providing toilet rebates of up to $100 for each high-volume toilet replaced with a low-flow model. The goal is to replace up to 2,120 high-volume toilets. The project targets residential and commercial customers.
This phase of the project is expected to reduce the demand on the regional system by saving a total of 47,250 gallons of water per day. Under the agreement, St. Petersburg will inspect the installed toilets and report the water saved using actual water use data.
The total cost for this phase is $300,000. As part of the agreement, St. Petersburg will receive up to $150,000 in financial assistance from the Pinellas-Anclote River Basin Board.
Customers interested in participating in the project may contact the St. Petersburg Toilet Rebate Hotline at 727-894-2044.