HOW TO SIGN UPLaFayette-area residents who are interested in getting a free natural gas water heater to replace their electric or propane heaters should call LaFayette’s gas department at 639-1511. For more information about the Great Water Heater Roundup, go to www.greatwaterheaterroundup.com.
Until recently, a banner on the side of the LaFayette, Ga., City Hall showed a cowboy lassoing an old water heater to celebrate the “great water heater roundup.”
Under the program, the city covers the cost of residents switching out their electric or propane water heaters for natural gas heaters.
“We had about five or six that took advantage of [the program] this past year,” said Rod Robertson, the city’s gas, codes and engineering superintendent. “We’d like to have more.”
It’s a good deal for residents, Robertson said, because natural gas is less expensive than electricity for heating water.