Water Use Efficiency Management

Water is too valuable to waste.

Our enviable Southern California lifestyle and economy would not exist, as we know it today, if there was not a dependable supply of imported water. Considering that the District's water supply is 100% imported, we must use our limited supply wisely. Conservation programs available to our customers can assist in the efficient use of water and thereby reduce water consumption include: vouchers for high efficiency washing machines, a residential landscape survey and an Agricultural Water Management Survey Program. Learn more in this section of our site.

FREE Irrigation Landscape Survey - Audit

Residential WaterSmart Checkup

Water Smart Contractor Incentive Program (WSCIP)

The Water Smart Contractor Incentive Program (WSCIP) has increased the rebates it offers!! New rebates are:

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Flume Water Monitoring Device Program

Rainbow Municipal Water District is promoting a new water efficiency incentive program, allowing their customers access to minute-by-minute water usage data with an intelligent water monitoring device. Ever since the creation of municipal water delivery, homeowners have largely been in the dark about their water usage until the monthly bill arrives, but that is about to change for customers of the…

Residential Water-Use Efficiency Incentives, Programs, and Classes

WaterSmart San Diego County offers a number of residential programs to improve water-use efficiency saving you money and valuable resources however these are provided on a first-come, first-serve basis so look for all the current funding available by visiting SoCalWaterSmart.com or WaterSmartSD.org for more information click on the links below. Also to estimate your water footprint go to the water…

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Free Landscape Workshop

These (3) hour FREE landscape workshop sponsored by San Diego County Water Authority are the perfect chance to learn how to make your holistic garde so don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about gardening, rainwater resources, living soil sponges, and much more.

California Landscape Friendly Training

Did you know that the moving, treating, heating and delivering of water makes up approximately 20 percent of California’s energy use? Having landscape that adapts to our dry hot climate such as Mediterranean and Native plants can have a significant impact on your energy consumption and the costs involved. There are many resources available to assist you in designing and maintaining a water and…

Live WaterSmart

As you may already know we are no longer under emergency state mandates to reduce water use due to our investments in drought-resilient water supplies which means the San Diego region has all of the water needed to sustain our $222 billion economy and the quality of life for 3.3 million residents even after five years of drought.

San Diego Sustainable Landscapes Program

The San Diego Sustainable Landscapes Program (SLP) now has a website to help the region’s residents easily find the information they need to transform turf-based urban landscapes to ones that provide multiple environmental benefits, such as increased water-use efficiency and improved stormwater management.

Ordinance No. 16-10, Adopting a Drought Response Conservation Program

This ordinance establishes water management requirements necessary to conserve water, enable effective water supply planning, assure reasonable and beneficial use of water, prevent waste of water, prevent unreasonable use of water, prevent unreasonable method of use of water within the Rainbow Municipal Water District (RMWD) in order to assure adequate supplies of water to meet the needs of the…

Water Conservation Patch Program

Did you know San Diego County Water Authority offers a Patch Program? The diverse programs' requirements are customized for different organizations: Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Camp Fire. Also if your child belongs to a group that meets regularly outside of the normal school day but does not fit into one of the those categories, there is a Youth Organizations program.

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SWRCB Ends Mandatory Statewide Conservation Requirements

On May 18, 2016, in response to a revised Executive Order from Governor Brown, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) acted to end the statewide mandatory conservation requirements that were imposed in May 2015. The action by the Board replaced the arbitrary statewide standards with conservation goals that are based on the actual water supply conditions present at each agency. While we…

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More Water Use Efficiency Resources

Great online resources that can help you with water use efficiency.