WaterSmart Guidebook

The WaterSmart Guidebook: A Water Use Efficiency Plan and Review Guide for New Businesses provides information on water-saving technologies currently available to the commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors and is intended for use as a resource by:

  • existing and new businesses
  • developers, consultants, and designers
  • planning agencies; and
  • water providers (for plan review and/or for reviewing and estimating water use at existing businesses, respectively)

Information in this guidebook will periodically be updated, as technology changes.

The WaterSmart Guidebook is available below as PDF files that can be viewed and printed with Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free software.

Business Types

Water-Using Technologies

More Information

If you have questions or need more information, please contact Water Conservation Administrator Dick Bennett at dbennett@ebmud.com or (510) 287-0597.