Water Softener Rebate Program for Residents and Businesses
Save Money, Save Salt
- Optimized water softeners protect your pipes and fixtures from build-up
- Less energy needed to operate water heaters
Protect the Environment
Chloride found in water softener salt travels through wastewater into lakes and streams and cannot be feasibly removed
- Chloride is toxic to aquatic life and affects both species diversity and populations
- Chloride harms aquatic vegetation health
- Chloride affects soil’s ability to retain water and store nutrients
Protect your Drinking Water
75% of Minnesotans rely on groundwater for their drinking water
- Salt negatively affects both the taste and healthfulness of drinking water
- Chloride from salt increases corrosivity in drinking water
Check your Water Softener
If you adjust your softener to reflect the new water hardness of 17 grains per gallon, Worthington Public Utilities thanks you. We must reduce our chloride discharge to meet our permit limits and protect Okabena Creek. There’s another step you can take, you can have your softener adjusted even more to increase salt efficiency. A water conditioning professional will come to your home or business and complete these adjustments free of charge. While there, they will also determine if your softener is an old timer-based or another inefficient softener. Rebates are available for the replacement of these older high salt use softeners.
Residents can get a $500 to $700 rebate (up to $4000 for businesses) for upgrading to a high-efficiency softener that regenerates based on water use, not on the day of the week.
Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) and administered by the MPCA.
