County Toilet Rebate Program

Eligibility

All Cochise County residents. Note: The City of Sierra Vista has a separate Toilet Rebate Program. Call 520-417-4413 if you live within the Sierra Vista city limits.

Participant's Responsibilities

Installation

Homeowners are responsible for the selection, installation, and proper operation of the low-flow toilets. This includes: selecting, scheduling, and paying the plumber. Cochise County accepts no responsibility for the homeowner's selection, installation, or operation of new toilets.

Documentation

The homeowner is responsible to complete the program application. The application must be submitted with an unaltered original store receipt or service invoice indicating a new toilet was purchased and installed. All documentation should be mailed to the:
Cochise County Toilet Rebate Program
1415 Melody Lane
Building G
Bisbee, AZ 85603

Destruction of Old Toilet(s)

Homeowners will be responsible for the proper disposal of old toilets. The old toilet(s) must be taken to the County Solid Waste Transfer Stations located in Sierra Vista, Bisbee, and Tombstone or the Western Regional Landfill located off Highway 82 North of Huachuca City. Normal fees will apply for disposal of the old toilet and all other solid waste delivered. Solid waste staff will verify receipt of the old toilet with a stamp specific to the delivery location. Participant's signature on the completed application attests to witnessing the destruction of the toilet(s).

Restrictions

A completed application, along with an original unaltered sales receipt or service invoice for installed toilet(s), verified application stamped by a Solid Waste Transfer Station attendant that the old toilet(s) were received/destroyed and applicant's signature on the application, must be received to guarantee the rebate amount.

Rebates are subject to budget availability/availability of program funding.
Installations must be located in a Cochise County residential property outside of the city limits of Sierra Vista.
Rebates would not apply to toilets purchased or installed before the initiation of this program, July 26, 2004.
Limited to the actual cost of toilets replaced, up to two toilets per residential property, up to $100 for each toilet replaced. Maximum rebate - $200. Businesses and manufactured homes are not eligible for rebates.
Please allow up to 30 days for processing and mailing of rebate payments.

Comments

Cochise County along with other governments in the Sierra Vista Subwatershed of the San Pedro River have committed to meeting the needs of the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area and the people living and working here. Cochise County has committed to assist Fort Huachuca to meet its water mitigation requirements. Fort Huachuca is the major economic engine of Cochise County. Cochise County wishes to reduce or eliminate the threat to our local economy should operations on Fort Huachuca be reduced due to environmental concerns.

Cochise County is a member of the Upper San Pedro Partnership (USPP), a group of 23 federal, state, and local government agencies, political bodies, non-profits, and other business organizations with a commitment to meeting the needs of people and the river. The U.S. Congress recognized the USPP in the 2004 Defense Authorization Bill and required annual reporting through December 2011 on progress toward meeting the sustainable yield of the aquifer so as to protect the San Pedro River. The Cochise County Toilet Rebate Program is one step in meeting local water management commitments. For more information email Water or call 520-432-9200.