WaterSmart Residential Conservation
EBMUD offers a variety of conservation services and programs for residential customers in our service area.Clothes
Washer
Rebates
EBMUD customers can get a combined rebate (while funds are available) from EBMUD
and PG&E for $125 or $200 for installing a
high-efficiency clothes washer
from the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE's) tier 2 or tier 3 qualifying
product list (not including washers that use silver ion technology), purchased
between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008. Application must be submitted
within 90 days of purchase date.
WaterSmart Garden Grant Program
EBMUD now offers monetary awards to community groups and organizations for
public garden projects that clearly and effectively demonstrate water-conserving
principles.
Irrigation Controller
Program
EBMUD customers can find out about WaterSmart
irrigation controller discount incentives.
Landscape Rebates
EBMUD's Residential Landscape
Rebate Program promotes outdoor water use efficiency in single-family homes.
High-Efficiency Toilet
Rebate Program
EBMUD offers customers $150 or up to the total
toilet cost
(not including sales tax), whichever is less for the purchase of
qualifying
High-Efficiency Toilets (HETs) between January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.
Limits on the number of toilets applies. Toilets must be installed and
rebate applications must be postmarked within 90 days of purchase date.
Toilet Performance Testing
State of the art toilet performance testing serves as the basis for the
High-Efficiency Toilet Rebate Program eligibility. See the current test
report for detailed information on test methodology and toilet flush
performance.
Waterwise
Self-
Survey Kits
Order your free EBMUD Waterwise self-survey kit.
Conservation
Publications
EBMUD produces a variety of publications to help customers save water.
Free
Conservation Devices
Low-flow
showerheads, faucet aerators, and other water-saving devices are available
to most EBMUD customers.
On-Site
Water
Surveys
EBMUD offers free, on-site surveys of indoor and outdoor water use to all
single-family and multi-family residential customers within the EBMUD service area.
Residential
Indoor Water Conservation Study
See the evaluation of high-efficiency indoor plumbing fixture retrofits in
single-family homes in the EBMUD service area. This research
was possible through a grant from the U.S. EPA WAVE program.
Submeter Study
EBMUD
participated in a recently completed national study on sub-metering and billing
allocation programs in the multi-family sector.
Workshops
and Events
View information
for upcoming water conservation workshops and events.