“This means that Coffs Harbour City Council residents connected to town water can now claim two rebates to the value of $230 towards putting in a new toilet, which is going to save them a lot of money off their water bills,” said Councillor Denise Knight, chair of council’s City Services Committee.

“So saving water actually helps you save money, too.”

Coffs Harbour Water first launched its dual flush rebate of $30 for residents back in the severe drought of 1994. Since then, more than 2400 old single flush toilets have been replaced with more efficient dual flush models and the water saved by our community is estimated to be around 105 million litres.

An average household can save around 30,000 litres of water every year just by getting rid of a single flush toilet and replacing it with a dual flush model. This means 30,000 litres of water less you have to pay for in your yearly water bills.

The NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) introduced their dual flush toilet rebate on January 15 this year, as part of its NSW Home Saver Rebates Program.

Under that scheme, all residents in NSW can receive up to $1500 of rebate assistance for undertaking a variety of activities, such as installing front-load washing machines and solar hot water systems.

More information and application forms can be found on the DECCW website at www.environment.nsw.gov.au/rebate s or by calling 1300 361 967.

The Coffs Harbour Water dual flush toilet rebate program allows up to two dual flush toilet rebates per property.

There is a $60 rebate maximum and only residential properties are eligible.

To qualify, residents must also:

• be connected to town water;