Smart Irrigation Controllers


REBATES AVAILABLE. Receive up to a $500 rebate for the replacement of an automatic clock with a qualifying “Smart” weather-based irrigation controller, also known as evapotranspiration or ET controller. To learn more about ET, download our What is ET? informational hand out. The controller setup and fine-tuning is complex so we recommend hiring a professional. Therefore, you may also receive up to a $150 rebate for the installation of the controller by a participating installer or other licensed landscape contractor. To be eligible and to ensure water savings, the controller must replace an existing automatic controller that irrigates at least 2,000 square feet of landscaped area. Download these terms and conditions to learn more. These rebates are available to EID and City of Placerville water service customers, and are funded in part through a CALFED/U.S. Reclamation water efficiency grant.

PRE-QUALIFICATION. In order to be eligible for these rebates, and before you make a purchase, you must first submit an application, receive a complimentary landscape water survey performed by EID’s water efficiency technician, and be pre-qualified for the smart ET controller. To apply for this program, download a copy of the application, fill out completely to avoid delays, attach a copy of your most current water bill, and then drop off or send by mail to 2890 Mosquito Road, Placerville, CA 95667. Please contact EID’s Office of Water Efficiency at 530-642-4126 or officeofwaterefficiency@eid.org if you have any questions.

Irrigation System Improvements

REBATES AVAILABLE. Receive up to a $200 rebate for 50% of the qualified material costs for water efficiency improvements to your existing irrigation system. Labor and installation costs for these improvements are not eligible. Download these terms and conditions to learn more. This rebate is available to EID and City of Placerville water service customers, and is funded in part through a CALFED/U.S. Reclamation water efficiency grant.

PRE-QUALIFICATION. In order to be eligible for a rebate, and before you make improvements, you must first submit an application, receive a complimentary landscape water survey performed by EID’s water efficiency technician, and be pre-qualified for specific irrigation system improvements. To apply, download a copy of the application, fill out completely to avoid delays, attach a copy of your most current water bill, and then drop off or send by mail to 2890 Mosquito Road, Placerville, CA 95667. Please contact EID’s Office of Water Efficiency at 530-642-4126 or officeofwaterefficiency@eid.org if you have any questions.

Large landscape sub-metering with
ET controller grant—Available to EID commercial, industrial, and institutional (CII) customers only

REDUCE YOUR SEWER BILLS AND SAVE WATER. EID is the recipient of a Proposition 50 water efficiency grant from the California Department of Water Resources for the “Commercial, Industrial, Institutional (CII) Sub-Metering with ET Controller Program.”

CII customers currently on mixed use water meters—both building and landscape water usage billed through the same meter—can apply for this grant funding. CII customers receiving EID sewer service, billed by volume of water used can immediately benefit from reduced sewer billings. A submeter tracks water used for the landscape irrigation and this water demand is then subtracted from the main meter that is used to calculate the sewer bill. The program is available to EID’s CII water service customers with parcels 1 acre or larger and 8,500 square-feet or more of irrigated area. Sorry, City of Placerville CII customers are not eligible for this program.

Download this short eligibility questionnaire to see if you qualify, or download this cost sharing matrix for additional details. Eligible CII customers will receive a complimentary landscape water survey and water budget report. EID then provides a submeter for the customer to install and connect to their water system downstream of the EID meter. After one year of dedicated landscape submetering, and following the water budget, the customer then receives a $1,000 product voucher and a $300 installation voucher to obtain, and have professionally installed, a “Smart” ET irrigation controller to further improve water efficiency for the irrigation system. ET refers to evapotranspiration—a combination of moisture lost to the atmosphere and used by the plants.

You may also download and complete a customer agreement and application and drop off or send by mail to 2890 Mosquito Road, Placerville, CA 95667. Please contact EID’s Office of Water Efficiency at 530-642-4126 or officeofwaterefficiency@eid.org if you have any questions.

ET Controllers Vouchers

VOUCHERS ALSO AVAILABLE. This program is currently directed towards commercial, industrial, and institutional customers (i.e. schools, parks, special districts), and owner associations that maintain common or front yard landscaping. Individual residential customers are encouraged to use the rebate program above. Qualified EID and City of Placerville water service customers may apply for the program, and if approved, vouchers that can be used the same as cash would be issued for the purchase and installation of weather-based irrigation controllers. The ET controllers must replace automatic irrigation controllers that irrigates at least 2,000 square feet of area. Please contact EID’s Water Conservation Coordinator, Sharon Fraser, at 530-642-4112 or sfraser@eid.org to discuss your eligibility. Funding for this grant is provided in part through a Proposition 50 water efficiency grant from the California Department of Water Resources.