Custom water efficiency incentive application
Looking for ways to save water and money at your business, restaurant, commercial, or multi-family property? The Portland Water Bureau has a custom water efficiency rebate program that will pay for half of your approved water efficiency project costs up to a maximum of $5,000.
Applying for the rebate is easy but you'll need a few things before you start:
Make sure you have discussed your project with Portland water efficiency staff and received approval.
Your City of Portland sewer, stormwater, water account details.
Equipment upgrade details or outline of process improvement.
Project budget details including estimated water savings.
Copies of receipts for equipment purchased and proof of recycling for equipment that was replaced.
A copy of your most recent bill would be helpful, let us know if you need one.
If you get stuck, get in touch: 503-823-4527 or conserve@portlandoregon.gov
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About your business
City of Portland sewer, stormwater, water account number
Name of organization or business entity
Customer type
Choose One Not-for-profit Small business (< 20 employees) Restaurant School Multi-family Church Other (describe below)
Customer type - Other
Describe your business or operation. Include the type of service or product provided, number of employees, and hours of operation.
E-mail
Phone Number
Property (project) address
About your project
Describe the project details. Include the model numbers of equipment you plan to replace, as well as model numbers of the new equipment you've chosen. If you don't have model numbers, please explain why.
Estimate when you'll complete your project.
Calculate the estimated annual water savings in Ccf (1 Ccf = 100 cubic feet, which equals 748 gallons) Please enter numbers only, no letters!
Expenses - project equipment, materials, and supplies
Please list in the entry below any equipment, materials, labor, and supplies needed to complete the project. Include equipment model numbers when applicable. You only need to make entries for items applicable to your project. If you have project related expense entries beyond what is available in the form, please email conserve@portlandoregon.gov with the additional details.
You will enter professional services (outside of labor) in the next section. This is where you will enter items like permits and recycling fees.
Please also include total cost of all equipment, materials, and supplies.
List of equipment, materials, labor, and supplies
Total cost of all equipment, materials and supplies
Expenses - professional services
Description of professional services (outside of labor) including all permits and recycling fees.
Total cost of all professional services
Summary - total project costs
Savings and Payback
Enter your Extra-Strength Sewer Charge rate which is in dollars per Ccf. Please do not add any letters or symbols such as “$” or “Ccf”. You can use a period that is part of the rate (ex: 5.33). The ESSC rate was provided to you by staff during project pre-approval.
While using the upload tool below to attach your receipts, please remember to push the blue 'Upload' button after you have selected or drag and dropped your receipt files into the 'Selected Files' list.
The document upload feature may not work well for some assistive technologies.
If you can’t upload documents directly into this form, you may also email them to conserve@portlandoregon.gov . Call 503-823-4527 for help.
Please upload scan or photo files of any applicable equipment purchase and recycling receipts
Rebate agreement
We, the Portland Water Bureau may deny any application that does not meet the commercial rebate program’s eligibility and project requirements.
We reserve the right to alter or cease this program at any time.
We are not responsible for the quality of the equipment purchased and we do not warranty any part of the project, including equipment, and the installation of said equipment.
We do not guarantee lower water bills because of participation in the commercial rebate program.
We are not responsible for any damage that may occur to the applicant’s property as a result of removing the old equipment or installing the new equipment under this program.
The undersigned agrees to hold harmless the City of Portland and the Portland Water Bureau from and against all loss, damage, expense, and liability resulting from or otherwise relating to the purchase, installation, use, or removal of equipment.
Signature of property owner or owner's representative.