Free low-flush toilets offered by water district

New toilets will be up for grabs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday by Costa

Mesa and Newport Beach residents who are customers of the Orange County

Water District.

To qualify for the free toilets, residents must bring a copy of their

current bill and a picture I.D. to the water district’s headquarters at

10500 Ellis Ave. in Fountain Valley.

The low-flush toilets, valued at $110 each, are designed to conserve

water, water district officials said.

The new toilets must be installed at the address listed on the water

bill. Each customer could receive up to three toilets.

In exchange, old toilets -- which are recycled and used in pavement

material -- must be returned to the water district by Feb. 12. For more

information, call (714) 378-3221.