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FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. -- The Board of Directors of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) recently committed to increase OCWD's participation in an ultra-low-flow toilet (ULFT) conservation program that will replace 60,000 Orange County toilets per year with free, new ULFTs. The program will help conserve 1,700 acre-feet of water each year --enough to serve about 13,000 Orange County residents.
In 1999, OCWD entered into an agreement with the Municipal Water District of Orange County to distribute high quality ULFTs to single- and multi-family residences within the OCWD service area. Since the program's beginning in October 1999, nearly 43,000 ULFTs have been distributed to families in north-central Orange County. This amount represents 1,500 ULFTs more than projected, with water savings of 1,266 acre-feet or 412 million gallons of water per year.
Because of the program's success during the first year, OCWD has announced it will contribute an additional $75,000 per year for the purchase of 5,000 additional ULFTs per year. In the past, the ULFT program required financial participation by consumers, but since 1999, the program has provided the toilets at no cost to consumers in north-central Orange County.
"Since our area is highly dependent on water imported from distant sources, we will be reducing our needs from these sources in the future," said William R. Mills Jr., general manager of the Orange County Water District.
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