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Water Efficient Technologies (WET)
The Water Efficient Technologies (WET) program offers rebates of
up to $50,000 per water efficiency project to businesses that discharge
to the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant. The Plant's
service area includes San José, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Campbell, Cupertino,
Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, and Saratoga. WET is sponsored by the Plant and
the Santa Clara Valley Water District.
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1999, Intel received a rebate of nearly $45,000 for a water conservation
project that makes perfect business sense and helps to protect the salt
marsh habitat of the Bay. We now recycle reject waters from our reverse
osmosis system in our on site cooling towers.
Arman Nikfar
Intel Corporation
 In 2005, Adobe Systems received a WET rebate of $5,396 for retrofitting urinals in its three campus towers. We replaced older 1.5-gallon flush urinals with zero water consumption urinals, and have been very satisfied with the performance of the new urinals. The project resulted in over 1 million gallons of water saved per year and helped Adobe achieve LEED Platinum certification for Existing Buildings, a major achievement for Green Building certification.
George Denise
Adobe Systems Inc.
More testimonials
Sample projects include:
- rinse water reuse systems
- air cooled chillers
- closed-loop cooling systems
- automated rinse lines
- cooling tower upgrades
- high efficiency toilets, urinals, and washing machines
For Santa Clara County businesses NOT in the Plant's
service area, the same program is available through the Santa
Clara Valley Water District.
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Your rebate is based on how much your project reduces
flows to the sanitary sewer system. Your project's water savings (in 100
cubic feet) is multiplied by $4.00 to determine your rebate.
The max is $50,000 or 50% of project cost.
Of course, this is in addition to the savings on your
water and sewer bills. Calculating savings is easy ...
Here's how. |
