Water district offers free toilets

Andrew Glazer

COSTA MESA -- Don’t flush this opportunity away.

The Mesa Consolidated Water District will give away 1,500 water-saving

toilets this Saturday.

For each flush, the Toto 703 toilets use only a quarter of the water of a

regular toilet.

The “ultralow-flush” toilets would save a family roughly 22,000 gallons

of water each year, according to water district estimates.

The toilets would normally cost more than $100, a water district

spokeswoman said.

Prospective toilet recipients must show a photo ID and old water bill.

Water district employees will hand out the toilets on a first-come,

first-served basis.

The Mesa Water District will hand out the toilets from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, April 29, at Estancia High School, 2323 Placentia Ave. Old

toilets must be returned to the same location from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on

Saturday, May 13.