BURBANK : City Continues to Flush Out Old Toilets
The city of Burbank wants your old toilet.
For the second year in a row, the city will give away 350 water-saving toilets to residents today, in exchange for a promise to come back in three weeks with the old, water-hogging model being replaced.
“Our water supplies aren’t going to grow, but our population is going to, so even though the drought is over we have to continue looking for more efficient ways of using water,” said Don Mauritz, city water conservation coordinator.
The ultra-low-flush toilets, as they are called, will be given away from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Burbank High School parking lot on Harvard Road between 3rd Street and Glenoaks Boulevard. Only residents of single-family homes are eligible for the program.
The toilets, which cost $100 or more on the open market, use about 1.6 gallons of water per flush, compared to three to seven gallons for older models.
The city received a $38,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Reclamation to purchase the commodes. For every old toilet returned, the city will donate $15 to Burbank and Burroughs high schools to fund student activities, officials said.
The city will collect old toilets from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 29 at 164 W. Magnolia Blvd. Those who fail to turn in an old toilet will be charged $100.
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