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SATA CLAPA CATA Drought Update:
Rebates for
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Current Restrictions: Stage 2
• Watering Days in Santa Clara are restricted to maximum of 2 days per week - Outdoor residential irrigation
- Commercial landscape & functional turf irrigation
• Odd-numbered addresses/no addresses may water Monday and Thursday • Even-numbered addresses may water Tuesday and Friday
• Irrigation is not allowed between 9AM and 6PM
• Irrigation is not allowed during or within 48 hours after precipitation • Emergency Regulatory Action
- Enacted by State Water Control Board on June 10, 2022 (effective 1 year) • To prevent the unreasonable use of water and to promote water conservation, the use of potable water is prohibited for the irrigation of non-functional turf at commercial, industrial and institutional sites.
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Conservation Overview
• City of Santa Clara / Valley Water Partnership
- Provide residents & businesses with assorted rebates & free water-saving devices • Coordination
- Ad Hoc Committees, Santa Clara USD
- City: Communications, Parks & Recreation,
Public Works, Fire Department
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Outreach and Education
• Drought Update / Save Our Water webpage
HELP SAVE OUR WATER
• Electronic: GovDelivery newsletters, social media
• Mail: Inside Santa Clara, bill insert
Sevet Wrought, Conserve Now
• Outdoor signage: yard signs, billboard, banners
• Water conservation handout
• WaterSmart portal accounts
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Inside Santa Clara & Bill Insert
• Conservation focus
- Inside Santa Clara
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• Fall 2021
• Spring-Summer 2022
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- Bill insert
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Conservation Signage
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Never Enough to Waste
SantaClaraCA.gov/SaveOurWater
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Outdoor residential watering limited to 2 days per week. Santa Clara • Brown is the New Green lawn signs: City Hall, City Parks, Santa Clara Unified Schools • Banners: Civic Center, Central & Live Oak Parks
• Highway 101 Electronic Billboard
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• Parks, City Hall, Fire Stations, Libraries, others
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Landscape Rebates
• Landscape Conversion Rebate:
- Up to $4,000 for residential sites
• $3/SF with cost sharing from the City
- Up to $100,000 for commercial/multi-family sites
• $2/SF
- Convert turf to water efficient landscape
• Low-volume irrigation
• Valley Water qualifying drought-tolerant plants
• 2-inches of mulch
- 26 completed from July 2019 through June 2021
- 25 completed from July 2021 through Dec. 2021
- Additional 24 Notice to Proceed at end of 2021 9
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Landscape Irrigation Rebates
• In-Line Drip Irrigation Conversion Rebate
- 25¢/SF
- Convert sprinkler irrigation to in-line drip irrigation • Irrigation Equipment Upgrade Rebate
- Upgrade to Qualifying Irrigation Hardware
• Up to: $5 per high-efficiency nozzle, $20 per qualifying spray/sprinkler body, $50 per rain sensor
- Upgrade to Weather Based Irrigation Controllers
• Up to: $300 for 1-12 stations, $1,000 for 13-24 stations, $2,000 for 25 stations or greater
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Graywater Rebate
• Graywater Laundry-to-Landscape System for residential sites • $200 rebate (Valley Water) + permit costs (Santa Clara) • Modify clothes washer output to divert rinse water to landscape Laundry to Landscape: Graywater System Example Volley Water 11 11
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Rainwater Capture Rebates
• Rainwater Capture Rebate (Valley Water)
- Install qualifying Cistern to collect rainwater from roof • 50¢ per gallon, minimum 200 gallons
- Install Rain Garden to use diverted rainwater from roof • $1/SF up to $300
• Rain Barrel Rebate (Santa Clara)
- Install rain barrel to collect rainwater from roof
• Up to $100 for minimum 50-gallon barrel
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Rebate Amendment
• Amending agreement with Valley Water to expand:
- $2/SF cost sharing for Residential Landscape Conversion, up to $2,000 - $1/SF cost sharing for Commercial Landscape Conversion, up to $10,000 - $1/SF cost sharing for Lawn to Mulch Rebate, up to $10,000 - $200 cost sharing for Residential Laundry-to-Landscape 13 13
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Free Devices-Indoor
• Distribution from July 2019 through June 2022
- (95) DIY Water Wise Indoor Survey Kit: self-guided kit for residential customers to determine leaks (dye tabs, flow rate device, plumbing guide) - (196) Faucet Aerator: compliant with California plumbing codes - (175) Showerhead: low-flow, high-pressure
plumbing practical
- (70) Toilet flapper: replace faulty flapper in leaking toilet
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Free Devices-Outdoor
• Distribution from July 2019 through June 2022
- (97) Hose End Nozzle: hand water garden using nozzle with automatic shut-off - (36) Irrigation Screwdriver*: adjust irrigation to prevent overspray & runoff - (46) Moisture Meter*: determine soil moisture to accurately gauge irrigation needs *New 2022
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Large Landscape Rebate
• Lawn to Mulch Rebate, introduced June 2022
- $1/SF of converted lawn
- Open to commercial, institutional, industrial and
multi-family sites (no single-family)
- Convert minimum of 15,000 SF of irrigated lawn
to 3-inches of qualifying wood mulch
• Cap or remove existing overhead lawn irrigation
• Remove, scrape or sheet-mulch lawn
• Provide irrigation for trees within converted lawn area 16 16
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Santa Clara
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Additional Rebates
• Water Efficient Technology (WET) Rebate for commercial, industrial and institutional facilities (schools, parks, hospitals and government agencies) • Meter Rebates
- Dedicated Irrigation Meter
- Submeter Rebate (multi-family)
- Private Well Meter Rebate
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Availability / Resources
Drought Updates: SantaClaraCA.gov/SaveOurWater
Water & Sewer Utilities: (408) 615-2000 (option 2)
• All rebates are available until June 30, 2023, or until funds are depleted. • Rebates made possible by Valley Water in Partnership with the City of Santa Clara. Rebates & Surveys | Santa Clara Valley Water
• Valley Water Landscape Rebate Program: valleywater.dropletportal.com • Valley Water Conservation Hotline: (408) 630-2445 or
[email protected]
• WaterSmart: santaclara.watersmart.com
• BAWSCA Landscape Education: bawsca.org/conserve/programs/classes 18 18
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