Water Conservation Rebates for Residents

Program Requirements

• Maximum of two rebates each, per property
• Home must be built before 1996
• Toilets must be EPA WaterSense certified
• Showerheads and faucets can either be EPA WaterSense certified or have a flow rate of no more than 1.5 gallons per minute (GPM)
• Proof and method of payment required

Rebate Amounts

• Up to $50 per toilet
• Up to $25 per showerhead
• Up to $25 per faucet

Submit Rebate Applications Online

• English
• Spanish
• Creole

Program Requirements

• Maximum of 50 rebates allowed per property for the period between October 1 to September 30
• Property must be built before 1996
• Toilets must be EPA WaterSense certified
• Proof and method of payment required

Requests for more than 50 rebates per period will be considered.

Rebate Amounts

• Up to $50 per toilet

Submit Rebate Applications Online

• English
• Spanish
• Creole

Program Requirements

• Maximum of two rebates per property
• Property must be built before 1996
• Toilets must be EPA WaterSense certified
• Property must have a senior tax exemption
• Proof and method of payment required
• Toilet must be installed by a Florida-licensed contractor

Rebate Amounts

• Up to $200 for the purchase and installation of one toilet
• Up to $300 for the purchase and installation of two toilets

Print and Mail Application

• English
• Spanish
• Creole

If you live in a single-family or multi-family property built before 1996, you can exchange old showerheads for a maximum of two free receive free high-efficiency showerheads per property. You can also receive free faucet aeraotrs.

Single-family Residences

• Requests for showerheads and aerators can be made at the following Customer Service locations:
• Water & Sewer Department, Douglas Office
  3071 SW 38 Avenue
• Joseph Caleb Center
  5400 NW 22 Avenue
• South Dade Government Center
  10710 SW 211 Street, Cutler Bay
• Opa-locka Municipal Complex
  780 Fisherman Street, 1st Floor, Opa-locka
• Adopt-a-Tree Events

Multi-Family Residences

Owners of multi-family residential properties built before 1996 are eligible for a "Large Volume Distribution" of high efficiency showerheads and aerators.

• Receive free high-efficiency showerheads under the Large Volume Showerhead Retrofit Program
• Complete and mail the multi-family showerhead large volume request form.

Toilets

A household can reduce its water use by more than 4,000 gallons a year with the installation of a high-efficiency toilet. A family of four can save more than $90 a year in reduced water bills and $2,000 over the toilet's lifetime.

Showerheads

After the toilet, the shower is the largest water user in the home, consuming up to 30 percent of total household water.

Using a high-efficiency showerhead can save up to 2,900 gallons of water in one year for the average family.

Water-wasting showerheads have flow rates of five to eight gallons per minute. Using this type of fixture would send about 25 to 40 gallons of water down the drain and into the sewer during a five-minute shower.

By contrast, high-efficiency showerheads use only 1.5 gallons per minute, or 7.5 gallons for a five-minute shower, reducing water demand by at least 50 percent.

Faucets

With the installation of a high-efficiency faucet, the average family could save 700 gallons of water per year. If every family in the United States took this water-saving step, four billion gallons of water could be saved each year.