Town of Oliver residents can now pick up their FREE Water and Energy Saving Kits (Kits), 250 of which are available on a first-come first-served basis at Oliver Municipal Hall’s Reception Desk, 6150 Main Street.

Tap by Tap provides free, easy-to-install faucet fixtures to help residents across British Columbia save water, energy and money. Fixtures are distributed through local municipal channels, multi-unit residential property managers and utility companies. Tap by Tap Okanagan-Similkameen is sponsored by FortisBC.

“We are excited to take advantage of this water saving program,” says Cathy Cowan, Oliver’s Corporate Officer. “Here in the Okanagan we focus a lot on outdoor water conservation practices but Tap by Tap reminds us of easy steps we can take on minimizing water use indoors as well.”

Each Energy and Water Savings Kit includes one water-saving showerhead, and aerators for kitchen and bathroom taps as well as a waterproof shower timer to encourage people to take shorter showers. For larger homes, some doubles are also available.

The Oliver program is in its second year with kits given out in May of 2012.