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Water Savings Performance Program

Metropolitan Water District provides $195 per acre foot of water saved or about $3 per 1,000 gallons saved to sites within San Diego County. Incentive is based on the potential for savings over 5 years. Eligible project costs include labor, hardware and up to 1 year of water management fees. To express interest please fill out the statement of interest. For more information contact: Deneice Cotton at (213) 217-6616 or dcotton@mwdh2o.com.

Eligible sites include:

• Commercial Sites
• Public Sites/Schools/Parks
• Institutional Sites
• Multi-family Sites
• Residential Sites Over 1 Acre
• Recycled Water Sites (on a case by case basis)
• Non IAWP Agriculture Sites

Eligibility:

• No size requirements or minimums.
• Dedicated/irrigation and mixed meter accounts (mixed meter accounts: on a case by case basis).
• New Construction NOT eligible.
• Plant material is NOT eligible.
• Submeters could be included as part of a project cost.

Process:

  • Customer (site representative) contacts Deneice Cotton
  • Submit Statement of Interest
  • Submit Detailed Savings Plan (below is a listing of the type of information required. Additional information may be necessary).
    • Square footage of irrigated landscape, both before and after the retrofit
    • Anticipated cost of project components, installation cost, annual fee for smart controllers (if included as a part of the project), and estimated equipment life. Plants and planting costs are ineligible.
    • Project schedule that includes anticipated construction start, completion and operational dates.
    • Provide schematic/drawing showing the existing irrigation system, including location of controllers and meters supplying the site’s landscape water.
    • Provide schematic/drawing showing planned changes to the irrigation system and the location of all water meters providing landscape water.
  • MWD consultant determines if project is viable.
  • Contract executed for project. Site cannot proceed without an agreement.
    • Monetary incentive is based on anticipated savings over 5 years and project costs.
  • Site retrofits existing irrigation system and makes necessary design changes, if needed.
  • MWD contractor verifies work and issues up to ½ of the financial incentive promised.
  • Project is monitored for 1 year.
  • Final payment will be based on achievement of projected savings goals. Total payment will not exceed project costs or projected value of the water saved for the project.

Water Authority Contact : Mayda Portillo
Phone Number : (858) 522-6762
Email : mportillo@sdcwa.org



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