[Durham INC] Durham Offers Money Saving Kits for Water Customers

[Blalock, Amy]

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CITY OF DURHAM
Office of Public Affairs
101 City Hall Plaza
Durham, NC 27701


News Release


News Media Contact:
Amy Blalock
Sr. Public Affairs Specialist
(919) 560-4123 x 11253
(919) 475-7735 (cell)
Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov<mailto:Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov>
http://Facebook.com/CityofDurhamNC
http://Twitter.com/CityofDurhamNC

For Immediate Release: August 28, 2013


City of Durham Offers Money Saving Kits for Water Customers

DURHAM, N.C. - Saving water at home just got easier thanks to the City of Durham's Water Management Department pairing water-saving devices to the already popular high efficiency showerhead to create new "Save Water Kits."

The new kits will be available beginning Tuesday, September 3 at the cashiering area in the lobby of City Hall. The additional components include aerators for kitchen and bathroom faucets, tank inserts for older toilets, and dye tablets to check for leaking toilets. For just a $3 investment, customers may realize significant savings on their water and sewer bills.

The popular WaterSense High Efficiency Toilet (HET) Rebate Program remains available to all qualified residential and nonresidential water customers. Through this program, the City provides a $100 rebate to residents who replace toilets with more efficient WaterSense models.

The switch to more efficient products can add up to big savings for consumers, said Al Nelson, water conservation coordinator for the City's Water Management Department. "According to the EPA's WaterSense Partnership Program, a household can save up to 7,000 gallons annually for each bathroom in which they replace or retrofit their toilets and fixtures with WaterSense labeled products," Nelson said. "For each bathroom 'makeover,' enough water is saved to wash six months' worth of laundry."

For more information on the WaterSense(r) HET Rebate Program or the "Save Water Kits," visit www.DurhamSavesWater.org<http://www.DurhamSavesWater.org> or call Water Conservation Program staff at (919) 560-4381.

About the Water Management Department
The Water Management Department is responsible for the operation and maintenance of Durham's water supply, water treatment and water reclamation (wastewater treatment) facilities, the collection and distribution systems (including meter reading), and customer billing services. The department has a wide variety of support divisions and programs to maintain the existing infrastructure that provide these integral services and strive to be a responsible steward of the City's physical assets. For information, visit http://DurhamNC.gov/ich/op/dwm or "like" Durham Saves Water at http://www.Facebook.com/DurhamSavesWater.

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