Are you a Santa Clara County business or school concerned about high water use and its related cost? The following programs will help get your business or school on the water-saving track:
Commercial and Apartment High-Efficiency Toilet Program
The district is offering free installation of high-efficiency toilets to qualifying businesses, apartments and schools in Santa Clara County.
- Click here to find out about who qualifies and how to participate.
Toilet and Urinal Rebates for Businesses
The Santa Clara Valley Water District now has rebates for replacing old, inefficient toilets and urinals with high-efficiency models.
Rebates are:
- up to $400 for toilets
- up to $500 for urinals
Click here to download the Toilet and Urinal Rebates for Businesses flier [PDF] and learn more about this program.
Water Submeter Rebate Program
The Santa Clara Valley Water District is offering a rebate (up to $100 per installed water submeter) to mobile home parks and condominium complexes for changing from a master water meter to individual water submeters. The water district found that complexes that install water submeters reduce their water use by 15-30 percent!
- For more information click here and download the Submeter Rebate flier.
Commercial Clothes Washer Rebate Program
The water district is offering rebates of $400 per unit on purchased and leased high-efficiency commercial washing machines.
- Click here to find out more about how to participate and clean up on the savings!
Water Efficient Technologies (WET) Program
Are water, sewer or energy costs eating into your bottom line? Rebates are available to any business that makes process or equipment changes that conserve water and reduce wastewater flows. Call program manager Karen Morvay at (408) 265-2607, ext. 2707 for more information, or click here to find out how to obtain a rebate.
Landscape Survey Program
Rethinking your business landscaping is a great way to save water and money. Santa Clara Valley Water District can help landscape manger improve their irrigation efficiency. Water district's Landscape Survey Program has surveyors evaluate and suggest ways to better manage your outdoor water use. Our surveys show potential savings of up to $1,000 per acre of landscape.
- Click here to learn more about the Landscape Survey Program.
Landscape Rebate Program
The Landscape Rebate Program is designed to assist homeowners and commercial, industrial and institutional property owners increase their outdoor water use efficiency by replacing high water use landscape and/or upgrading to high efficiency irrigation equipment. Simple changes in plant type and irrigation methods can greatly reduce the water required for an attractive landscape. There are many plants that use surprisingly little water; many flowering shrubs, annuals, perennials and trees that need little to no water once established. There are also several irrigation equipment upgrades that can be made to increase your irrigation system’s efficiency which can result in saving water and saving money.
- Click here for more Landscape Rebate Program information.
