Commercial Rebates

Commercial & Multi-Family Rebates

Save water and money with the water-efficient rebates available below.

NOTE: CII customers are eligible for all of the rebates. Multi-family customers are only eligible for the landscape-related rebates.

If you are a commercial, industrial, or institutional customer, you can find a great water savings resource called the WaterSmart Guidebook. If you are a multi-family customer, you can find important and useful tips for water conservation at 10 simple steps for apartment owners.

For more information or to apply for a rebate, visit www.mwdsaveabuck.com

The Water Department has also recently started offering CII customers a new brand of rebates called Proven Water Savings (PWS) rebates. These rebates can help your business save a lot of water and money with a great return on your investment. To learn more about the program or to apply for the rebate please visit our PWS page.

Current Rebates

Rebate Type Amount
Commercial High Efficiency Toilet (HET) - New Construction

Qualifying HETs installed instead of ULFTs used in newly constructed residences or buildings.

$32 each
Commercial High Efficiency Toilet (HET) - [Flushometer, Tank, Dual Flush]

The effective flush volume shall not exceed 1.28 gallons (4.8 liters). For "Dual Flush" toilets, the effective flush volume is defined as the composite average flush volume of two reduced flushes & one full flush. Rebates are for matching bowls & tanks and/or matching bowls and flushometer valves/valve kits. For tank and dual flush units, only EPA WaterSense-approved products qualify.

$60 each
Connectionless Food Steamers

Qualifying connectionless food steamers do not have a water line. 

$585 per compartment
Cooling Tower Conductivity Controller (CTCC)

CTCC must automatically maintain conductivity or TDS level below a user-defined value by actuating the solenoid valve on the bleed line. 

$725 each
Dry Vacuum Pump

Dry vacuum pumps with a maximum 2 Horsepower (HP) motor. 

$155 per 0.5 HP
Ice-Making Machines (Tier III)

Applies to installation of new air-cooled ice machines that meet the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) Tier III standard.

$350 each
Large Rotary Nozzles

Nozzles made of wear-resistant materials (e.g. brass); min. 8 sets per site required; no maximum.

$8 per set
pH-Cooling Tower Controller (pH-CTC)

pH-CTC must monitor and automatically maintain pH levels of re-circulated water by activating either an acid or base chemical feed. 

$2,050 each
Rotating Nozzles for Pop-up Spray Heads Retrofits

Multi-stream, multi-trajectory pop-up nozzles; 25 unit minimum per site, no maximum.

$4 per nozzle
Ultra Low Water Urinal (ULWU) and Zero Water Urinals (ZWU)

ULWUs flushing at < 0.25 gpf that replace existing urinals flushing at 1.5 gpf or greater. ZWUs that replace existing urinals flushing at 1.5 gpf or greater. 

$220 each
Water Broom

Must use high-pressure, low volume spray using only water with no cleaning agents at an average usage of 0.006 gallons/square feet. Rebates are limited to uses complying with state/local health and safety codes (e.g. CA Health and Safety Code, Section 111985; or Los Angeles County Code, Chapter 11.38). 

$110 each
Weather-Based Irrigation Controller (WBIC) and Central Computer Irrigation Controller (CCIC)

Incentives based on controller capacity. Irrigation controllers using historic or real time data on environmental conditions for a specific location and landscape – such as soil moisture, rain, wind, plants’ transpiration rates, and, in some cases, plant type and more – to adjusting irrigation schedules, providing more precise amounts of water to maintain healthy growing conditions. Weather Based Irrigation Controller models must be Irrigation Association / SWAT tested. Incentives are based on controller station capacity.

$30 per station
ZWU/ULWU Upgrade/New Construction

ZWUs or ULFUs using < 0.25 gpf that are installed in new construction. 

$62 each