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LOS ANGELES -- Owners of Laundromats, housing complexes, and other businesses or institutions that use coin-operated, commercial clothes washers can receive an increased rebate of $650 from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) for purchasing an eligible water-saving type washer now through the end of the year.
LADWP announced the increased incentive amount, from $450 to $650 per washing machine, as part of an effort to encourage water and energy conservation among commercial, industrial and institutional customers. The supplemental rebate is designed to offset the higher cost of coin- or card-operated, high-efficiency clothes washers, which save about 14 gallons of water per load compared to standard models.
"The commercial clothes washer rebate program is one of several successful incentive programs we offer to promote water conservation among our commercial and government/institutional customers," General Manager David H. Wiggs said. "While there are adequate water supplies to meet the current demand in Los Angeles, it must be recognized that the city's population continues to grow, while water resources are limited and the regional climate is arid and prone to periodic droughts.
"In Los Angeles, we recognize that water is a limited resource, and we need to use it wisely," Wiggs said.
LADWP programs have resulted in the purchase and installation of more than 24,000 high-efficiency clothes washing machines in Los Angeles homes and businesses since 1998, saving about 415 million gallons of water. The new increased rebate is possible through a $615,000 grant from Proposition 13 (the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection and Flood Protection Act) awarded to LADWP, as well as regional funding offered through the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and the California Public Utilities Commission.
The Proposition 13 grant will fund increased rebates for 1,450 clothes washers. In addition, the grant includes funding that enabled LADWP to raise its n on-residential customer rebate amount for purchase and installation of 2,500 ultra-low-flush (ULF) toilets. With the supplemental increase, LADWP is now offering rebate amounts of $250 for a flushometer-type, ULF toilet and $175 for a tank-type ULF toilet.
Rebates for these and other commercial conservation measures are available through the "Save Water - Save a Buck" program, implemented in partnership with the MWD. For more information about the "Save Water - Save a Buck" program, please call 1-877-728-2282.
Incentives are also available for larger scale water conservation projects through LADWP's Technical Assistance Program, available to commercial, industrial and institutional customers. Examples of eligible projects include "smart" irrigation system upgrades and cooling tower retrofits.
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