Monday, April 13, 2015

A List of Some of the Water Saving Rebate Programs Available in Southern California

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Various Cities)

Weather-Based Irrigation Controllers

$200 per controller for less than one acre of irrigated landscape; $35 per station for 1 acre or more of irrigated landscape. For a list of qualifying models, go to the SoCal Water$mart. Applying for this rebate will make you ineligible to receive a rebate for the Soil Moisture System item below.

$200.00 per unit
(<1 acre)

$35.00 per station
(≥1 acre)
Soil Moisture Sensor System
Must include a sensor and a calibrator and an irrigation controller. For a list of qualifying models, go to SoCal Water$mart. Applying for this rebate will make you ineligible to receive the rebate for the Weather-Based Irrigation Controller item above.

$200.00 per unit
(<1 acre)

$35.00 per station
(≥1 acre)
Rotating Nozzles

Must purchase a minimum of 15 nozzles to qualify for a rebate. For a list of qualifying models, go to SoCal Water$mart.



$8.00 per nozzle
(Limit 1 rebate application per household)
Turf Replacement

Replace turf grass with California Friendly plants, mulch, and permeable pathways. Must get pre-approval of application before starting project. To see project samples and additional landscape information, go to Landscape.

$3.75 per square foot for the first 1,500 square feet, and $2 per square foot thereafter with no cap
*You must get a pre-approval before starting your project.

(Limit 1 rebate application per household)
Rain Barrels

Minimum 50 gallons in size. Maximum of four (4) rain barrels per home. For Rain Barrel Guidelines, go to SoCal Water$mart.



$100 per barrel



Other City Lawn Replacement Programs

City of Los Angeles
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS: For the residential turf replacement rebate program, all applications must be submitted online through the SoCal Water$mart website. Effective November 1, 2014, LADWP's single family residential program provides $3.75 per square foot for the first 1,500 square feet, and $2.00 per square foot thereafter with no cap for replacing turf with water wise landscaping features.



       Rebate up to $4,50/square foot when you replace lawn with sustainable landscaping. Program conditions and eligibility have changed. New Program Details

Rebates start at:
       $80/controller for less than 1 acre of landscape
       $35/station for more than 1 acre of landscape

Rain Barrel and Cistern Rebate

       Large Cistern Rebate: up to $2,000 each (max 2) and must be 500 gallons or more
       Small Cistern Rebate: up to $500 each (max 4) and must be 200 to 499 gallons
       Rain Barrel Rebate: up to $200 each (max 8 barrels) and must be less than 200 gallons

       Up to $40 per downspout  (no max).



Friday, April 10, 2015

I'll Be Speaking in Altadena Next Week

Pasadena Now » Experts Discuss Altadena’s Urban Forest: Past, Present & Future | Pasadena California, Hotels,CA Real Estate,Restaurants,City Guide... - Pasadena.com

Nature of Sculpture Map

Here's a  map to all the interesting sculptures on exhibit here now at the Arboretum. This map was made by importing Geo-tagged iPhone photos into Picasa, creating an album and then synchronizing that album with Google Picasaweb, and finally exporting from Picasaweb to a KML file and sucking that file up into Google map. The reason for all the steps is to get the large images that come up in the balloon when you click the geo-positioned thumbnails to show up, which they will not if you try just exporting a KMZ from Picasa and them importing that into Google Maps.

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