Save water, and earn money for doing so, by making water-saving changes to your cooling towers or other indoor equipment.
Denver Water will pay commercial, industrial and institutional customers $18.50 for each thousand gallons of water saved annually, but they must save at least 100,000 gallons of water in one year. With these incentive contracts, customers can earn 50 percent of project cost up to $40,000 for conserving water.
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Who is eligible?
All commercial, industrial and institutional water users served by Denver Water are eligible to apply for the program.
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Get started
- Choose a project that will improve water-use efficiency or make additional water reuse possible.
- Contact Denver Water at 303-628-6009 for a pre-installation visit and inspection.
- Denver Water will issue a contract detailing the terms of the project.
- A Conservation staff member will conduct a post-installation inspection to verify operation.
- Denver Water will track your water usage and issue quarterly reports.
- After a year of monitoring, Denver Water will issue a check for the amount of water saved.
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Project requirements
- Equipment or improved technology must remain in use for 20 years.
- The water-saving project should be in an area that can be sub-metered or be able to show reduced consumption within a measured parameter.
- Water use data must be collected by Denver Water Conservation before and after the project.
- Projects must meet all federal, state and local regulatory and permit requirements.
- Customers may apply for more than one project at a time as long as the projects are different.
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Examples of eligible equipment changes
- Replacing water-cooled equipment with new air-cooled equipment
- Processing water-reclamation systems
- Eliminating water-intensive phases of industrial processes
- Upgrading industrial laundry equipment
- Improving cleaning processes
Restroom plumbing fixtures and irrigation upgrades are not eligible for this program, but may qualify for other Denver Water rebates and incentives.