Water Rebates
Customers who install low flow toilets are eligible for $110 rebate per toilet installed.
Program Requirements:
- Toilet(s) must be 1.28 gpf or less
- Toilet(s) must be an EPA WaterSense labeled fixture
- A copy of the invoice or receipt confirming purchase price and model information must be included with the completed rebate application
Customers who install a Energy Star Most Efficient clothes washer are eligible for a $50 water-saving rebate. Customers with an electric hot water heater are eligible for an additional $75 energy-saving rebate.
*Customers with a natural gas hot water heater could be eligible for an energy-saving rebate through PG&E. For more information about PG&E's rebates, please visit: http://www.pge.com/rebates.
Program Requirements:
- Clothes washer must be a Energy Star Most Efficient qualified product
- A copy of the invoice or receipt confirming purchase price and model information must be included with the completed rebate application
*Customers with a natural gas hot water heater could be eligible for an energy-saving rebate through PG&E. For more information about PG&E's rebates, please visit: http://www.pge.com/rebates.
Customers that convert their existing turf to low- & no-water using landscapes are eligible for a rebate of $1 per square foot converted
Program Requirements:
- Application
- Pre-and Post-conversion Inspections
- Once the application is received, the pre-conversion inspection can be scheduled
- The conversion must be completed within 120 days
- If lawn is reinstalled within 10 years of the completion date of the project, the entire rebate remount is required to be repaid to the City.
To fill out an application over the phone and schedule an inspection, please call our Conservation Analyst at 707-431-3122.
Documents:
Helpful Links:
- Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper Program - QWEL
- Garden Sense program - Sonoma County Master Gardeners
- Russian River-Friendly Landscape Guidelines
- Homes within the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) area, page 11 of Living with Fire in Sonoma County: A Guide for the Homeowner details fire-wise plant material that can be used within 10 feet of any structure on your property.
- More examples of fire safe and drought tolerant landscaping
Yard Signs!
Would you like a yard sign to celebrate your participation in the Lawn Conversion Program or your commitment to water conservation by allowing your turf to go brown?
Email us to request yours!
Customers who install a greywater system are eligible for a $60 rebate.
Rebate Application
For more information about how to install these types of systems, please visit Daily Acts.
The City is offering the following water saving items to customers, free of charge:
- 1.5 gallon per minute (gpm) dual spray swivel kitchen sink aerator
- 1.0 gpm bathroom aerator
- 1.0 gpm bathroom aerator with one touch on/off
- 1.5 gpm chrome showerhead
- Soap and soak shower valves
- Toilet tank displacement bag