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Commercial Rebates

Why Does Conservation Matter?

Utah's population is growing exponentially and even with future development; our water supply won't last without conservation measures. This makes water conservation vital to Utah's future. Not only is water a necessity to live but it's also a necessity for the various forms of recreation that Utah is known and loved for. By using water consciously everywhere we love to spend time, we can all do our part in ensuring a promising and sustainable future.

Commercial Landscape Consultation

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Available for a limited time only!

Commercial, multi-family, industrial, and institutional properties within the district boundaries are eligible for a FREE landscape consultation. Let us provide valuable feedback on your irrigation system as you’re conducting your irrigation maintenance. This consultation will help improve the efficiency of your irrigation system and potentially lower your water bill. You'll receive comprehensive insight on your property's landscape, along with recommended management practices.

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Commercial Landscape Incentive Program

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Commercial, multi-family, industrial, and institutional properties within qualifying cities can receive incentives for replacing lawn areas with water-efficient landscaping and/or switching overhead spray irrigation to drip irrigation within existing planting beds. Incentives are also available for installing new trees into the landscape.

Please be aware that this program is not available in all cities. Click the “Apply Here” button to see if the program is available in your city.

Rebate Amount:

  • Turf replacement: $3.00/sqft
  • Switch to drip: $1.00/sqft
  • Treebate: $50 per tree up to 5 trees

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Commercial Smart Controller Rebate

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Commercial, multi-family, industrial, and institutional properties within district boundaries can receive incentives to install smart irrigation controllers. These controllers help reduce water waste by using local weather and landscape conditions to apply water only when needed. Controllers must be EPA WaterSense approved.

If you intend to complete more than one application, please contact us at Commercialrebates@cuwcd.gov for pre-approval.

Rebate Amount:

  • 50% of the hardware cost up to $1,500 per controller

Rules Qualifying Controllers Apply Here

Strategic Water Management Pilot Program

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Commercial, multi-family, industrial, and institutional properties within Central Utah Water Conservancy District's service area are eligible for a water use assessment to determine eligible incentives or management practices to conserve water through facility and fixture upgrades or to enhance water use management practices. Strategic Water Management offers customizable incentives for many project types that may conserve water.

If you have a project in mind, or need help identifying a potential project, we’re here to help.

Some examples of eligible projects include converting evaporative cooling systems to mechanical cooling, upgrading industrial equipment, installing process water reclamation systems, enhancing filtration systems, upgrading or replacing cooling towers, and other unique water-saving applications.

Rebate Amount:

  • Customizable incentives are calculated at a rate of $50 per 1,000 gallons of water projected to be saved.

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Commercial Toilet Replacement

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Commercial, multi-family, industrial, and institutional properties within district boundaries can receive incentives to replace low-efficiency toilets with high-efficiency toilets. Toilets and urinals must be EPA WaterSense approved.

You must submit a pre-approval application and be approved before work begins.

Rebate Amount:

  • Tank style toilets: up to $150 per fixture
  • Tankless style toilets: up to $250 per fixture
  • Urinals: up to $250 per fixture

Rules Qualifying Toilets Apply Here

Ice Machines

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Commercial, multi-family, industrial and institutional properties within district boundaries can receive incentives to install ENERGY STAR approved ice machines. Water cooled ice machines can use up to 100 gallons of water per 100lbs of ice. Converting to an ENERGY STAR air cooled ice machine will reduce the water demand significantly for the same amount of ice!

Rebate Amount:

  • 50% of the ice machine cost up to $1,000

Rules Qualifying Ice Makers Apply Here

Showerhead Replacement

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Commercial, multi-family, industrial and institutional properties within district boundaries can receive incentives to install EPA WaterSense approved showerheads. Upgrade the showerheads in your commercial, multifamily, industrial or institutional facility to EPA WaterSense approved shower heads that must be less than 1.75 gallons per minute at 80 PSI.

Rebate Amount:

  • 50% of real product costs up to $50 per fixture

Rules Qualifying Showerheads Apply Here

Lavatory Faucet Replacement

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Commercial, multi-family, industrial and institutional properties within district boundaries can receive incentives to install EPA WaterSense approved lavatory faucets. Upgrade your manually operated lavatory faucets to EPA WaterSense approved sensor operated Faucets. The sensor must be tuned to turn the water off immediately if the sensor is not activated.

Rebate Amount:

  • 50% of the real product costs up to $100 per faucet

Rules Qualifying Faucets Apply Here