Any interest in saving $140? How about 24,000 gallons of water?

The Regional Water Providers Consortium hopes so.

The group of 23 regional water providers in the Portland area are offering a kit -- free to anyone within the consortium's service area -- to help offset water use in homes.

The kits are available only until Friday, April 20.

Once installed, this kit could save a family of four that $140 annually while conserving the region's water.

The kit includes these high-efficiency tools: a bathroom faucet aerator; kitchen faucet aerator; shower head; toilet leak-detection dye tablets; and a toilet fill-cycle diverter. The devices are easy to use, and the kit includes installation instructions.

The consortium says that if all households in the United States installed water-saving devices, water use would decrease by 30 percent, saving an estimated 5.4 billion gallons per day.

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CONTACT INFORMATION:

Call 503-823-7528 or email RWPCinfo@portlandoregon.gov and include your email and the name of your water provider. To see a list of providers: conserveh2o.org/members

Credit: REGIONAL WATER PROVIDERS CONSORTIUM