Rebates for Water-Saving Devices

Save water and money by replacing every-day items such as clothes washers and sprinkler nozzles, and make it affordable by using our rebates. Applications are only accepted online -- paper applications are no longer available.

For your home

For your business or multi-family housing

SoCal Water$mart for your Home

Rebates for homes are on a first-come / first-service basis and only available while funding lasts.

BEFORE purchasing your valuable water savings device, be sure to read the restrictions and view the application. Long Beach Water Department formed a partnership with other water agencies to streamline and reduce the cost of our residential rebate program; this partnership is called "SoCal Water$mart ". Go to our SoCal Water$mart website for rules, approved models, and an online application.

We have rebates for the following devices
Long Beach
Rebate Amount
washer

Clothes Washer
The state of California is offering additional rebates of $100 on selected clothes washers, while money lasts.  For more information go to Cash for Appliances

$150 each
Irrigation Controller Landscape Irrigation Controller, self-adjusting
1. Less than one acre of landscape
2. More than one acre
$80 each
$30 per irrigation station
Sprinkler Sprinkler nozzles
Rotating nozzles for pop-up spray heads retrofits. Multi-stream, multi-trajectory pop up nozzles; 25 unit minimum per site, no maximum.
$4.00 per nozzle

Save Water / Save a Buck for your Business and Multi-Family Housing

All CII customers have access to these rebates.

Multi-family customers have access to the landscape-related rebates only.

* All rebates are only until funding runs out.
Rebate Amount
 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
2 Large Rotary Nozzles Nozzles made of wear-resistant materials (e.g. brass); min. 8 sets per site required; no maximum.  
$8
per set
3 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
4 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
5  Commercial High Efficiency Toilet (HET) - New Construction Qualifying HETs installed instead of ULFTs used in newly constructed residences or buildings.  
$32
each
6 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
7  ZWU/ULWU Upgrade/New Construction ZWUs or ULFUs using < 0.25 gpf that are installed in new construction.  
$62
each
8 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.  
$2050
each
9 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
10 Dry Vacuum Pump Dry vacuum pumps with a maximum 2 Horsepower (HP) motor.  
$155
per 0.5 HP
11 Connectionless Food Steamers Qualifying connectionless food steamers do not have a water line.  
$585
per compartment
12 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
13 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

If you are a commercial, industrial, or institutional customer, you will find a great water savings resource called the WaterSmart Guidebook. This excellent resource is divided into sections, so you can quickly go to only that material pertaining to your business.

If you are a multi-family customer, you will find important and useful tips for water conservation at 10 simple steps for apartment owners.

For more general information logon to www.mwdsaveabuck.com

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