Graywater Laundry to Landscape Rebate Program

To be eligible for the $200 or $400 rebate through the Graywater Laundry to Landscape (L2L) Rebate Program, this online application must be submitted and approved before starting your graywater project. The application includes basic questions about yourself and water company, and fewer than 25 easy questions that will help Valley Water estimate your graywater production, provide general project feedback, and determine whether this type of graywater system is appropriate and feasible for your property.

Please be aware, you cannot save or return to your application. A time-out error may occur if you step away from the application. If you think this application may take more than 30 minutes, we recommend first submitting the application without the required attachments, then emailing these documents to [email protected] as a separate step.

Expect the entire application to take about 30 minutes, if you take these steps before starting your application:

Review the rebate requirements before beginning.
Get a recent copy or screenshot of your water bill including account number
Find 3 to 5 photos total that show your clothes washer, exterior wall, and landscape area to be irrigated with graywater.
Prepare a simple sketch, showing the types of plants to be irrigated with graywater, and where you plan to install the graywater-irrigation piping and graywater outlets relative to your home, clothes washer, landscaping, and property line.
Download the Terms and Conditions to sign and upload at the end of the application.

If you need assistance, please call (408) 630-2554 or email [email protected], or download or request a paper application.

To determine how much graywater you produce:

1. Do you have a top-loading or a front-loading clothes washer?

2. Is your clothes washer marked with either “HE” or “Energy Star”?

3. If known, what is your clothes washer’s model number?

4. About how old is your clothes washer?

5. How many loads of laundry are done in a typical week?

6. How many loads of laundry are done AT MOST in a 24-hour period?

7. Total bathrooms

8. Total bedrooms

9. How many people live in your home

To help us determine whether your site would be a good candidate for this type of graywater system:

10. Is there a crawl space underneath the clothes washer or is it on a slab foundation?

A "crawl space" is an area of limited height under a floor that gives access to wiring and plumbing, which can make it easier to install graywater piping. A "slab foundation" is a large, thick slab of (typically) concrete that may require altering in order to install or route graywater piping.

11. Is the clothes washer located along an exterior wall?

12. About how many feet from your clothes washer is the landscape you plan to irrigate with graywater?

13. Is your landscape level with or down-sloping from the clothes washer?

14. Do you water your landscape?

15. How do you water your landscape?

16. Will you be using graywater to water existing or new plants?

Is the planned graywater-irrigated area:

17. Within 100 feet of a creek, well, or other water source?

18. Within 5 feet of a septic tank or leach field?

19. A minimum of 1.5 feet away from buildings?

20. A minimum of 1.5 feet from the property lines?

21. Please estimate your landscape's size (square feet)

22. Please estimate your landscape's size that you want to irrigate with graywater (square feet)

23. What is your soil type (sand, loam, clay, etc.)?

Use this guide to find your soil texture and to learn what each texture means (USDA). Most locations in Santa Clara County will be a type of clay soil. If you don’t know your soil type after trying to follow the guide, please feel free to ask for assistance by calling (408) 630-2554.

24. What types of plants do you want to irrigate with graywater?

Please attach a recent water bill:

Maximum 2 files.
1 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif jpg jpeg png.
14 MB limit per form.

Please attach a photo of your exterior wall:

Maximum 2 files.
1 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif jpg png jpeg.
14 MB limit per form.

Please attach a photo of your clothes washer:

Maximum 3 files.
1 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif jpg png jpeg.
14 MB limit per form.

Please attach your project sketch:

One file only.
1 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif jpg png jpeg pdf ppt pptx.
14 MB limit per form.

Please attach a few photos of your landscape:

Maximum 5 files.
1 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif jpg png jpeg.
14 MB limit per form.

Terms and Conditions of the Graywater L2L Rebate Program. Download, review, sign, and upload to complete your application.

Please attach your signed copy of the Terms and Conditions

One file only.
1 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif jpg png jpeg pdf.
14 MB limit per form.

By checking the following boxes, I certify that the information I have provided is true and correct and that the graywater system for which I am seeking a rebate will meet the requirements of the Graywater L2L Rebate Program.

I completed all required questions in the application.

I uploaded a recent copy or screenshot of my water bill.

I uploaded photos of my clothes washer, exterior wall, and landscaped area to be irrigated with graywater.

I uploaded a simple sketch of my project showing the plant types to be irrigated with graywater, and where the graywater irrigation piping and distribution points will be installed relative to my home, clothes washer, landscaping, and property line.

I have read, understood, agree to, and uploaded my signed copy of the Graywater L2L Rebate Program's Terms and Conditions.

W-9s are required if the estimated value of Valley Water rebates received is $600 or more per calendar year. Either this does not apply to me or I have uploaded a signed W-9 to my Landscape Rebate Program application.

( For Landscape Rebate Program application, please click here)

W-9s can be downloaded from the Internal Revenue Service at www.irs.gov/forms-instructions. If this is the only Valley Water rebate completed this calendar year, do not provide a signed W-9.