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Water wholesaler to fund in-the-red rebate program into coming fiscal year

Posted by: Maven on July 15, 2009 at 6:31 am

From Riverside’s Press-Enterprise:

Southern California water managers agreed Tuesday to fund millions of dollars in pending rebate applications for low-flow toilets and other conservation devices and approved another $19 million to pay for the program for the coming fiscal year.

The vote by Metropolitan Water District’s board of directors in Los Angeles was good news for several vendors who said they have laid off employees after waiting more than six months for payment.

MWD’s “SoCal Water$mart” program ran out of money in June because rebate demand had tripled in the past year, exceeding the original $20 million budget by about $34 million. The rebates were available to customers of Southern California water agencies that buy supplies from MWD, including parts of western Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

“We’re making changes in the program so that we don’t have this situation happen again,” said Randy Record, a board member representing Eastern Municipal Water District in Perris.

Those changes include lowering incentive amounts by half and maintaining an online rebate-reservation system that would alert customers to how much money is left in the program.

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July 15, 2009 · Filed Under Water Agency News

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