What is WET?
Water-Efficient Technologies (WET) Program offers rebates of up to $50,000 per water conservation project to commercial, industrial, and institutional water customers for the implementation of process and equipment changes which reduce business water usage.
Who can qualify for the WET Program?
Any industrial or commercial customer in Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Morgan Hill, San Martin, Gilroy or unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County is eligible.
For customers in San Jose, Alviso, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, and Saratoga the WET program is administered by the City of San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant. Please contact:
Water Efficient Technologies
City of San Jose
170 W. San Carlos Street,
San Jose, CA 95113
Phone: (408) 945-3000
Fax: (408) 277-5775
E-mail: esdwet@sanjoseca.gov
You may also visit their Web page, Slow the Flow.
How to apply?
Just follow these simple steps:
Identify a project
Apply as soon as possible and before you begin your water efficiency project. Applications received after the project has been initiated will be rejected. Funding
for WET is limited, applications will be processed on a first-come, first served basis.
Download the application at right, print it, fill it out and send to:
Karen Morvay
Water Use Efficiency Unit
Santa Clara Valley Water District
5750 Almaden Expressway
San Jose, California 95118
How to calculate potential savings? Frequently Asked Questions about WET?
Projects will vary from company to company. Our sample calculation for rebates is based on the scenario below:
Company X's existing equipment operates 8 hours per day, 250 days per year, and consumes 55 gallons per minute (gpm). Company X proposes to replace this piece of equipment with a similar one that operates on the same schedule, but consumes only 30 gpm. The estimated project cost is $80,000.
Applying the Formula:
A = water usage rate of old equipment = 55 gpm
B = water usage rate of new equipment = 30 gpm
C = average time equipment runs per day = 8hrs x 60 min/hr = 480 min
D = number of days per year equipment runs = 250 days
E = number of gallons per ccf = 748
Annual ccf decrease = (A-B) x (C) x (D)
(E)
= (55-30) x 480 x 250
748
= 4,011
WET Rebate = $4 per ccf/yr
$4 x 4011 = $16,044 = total project rebate for Company X
For more information please contact Karen Morvay at (408) 265-2607, ext. 2707.
