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# Santa Monica offers $100 rebate for efficient washers
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-offers-100-rebate-for-efficient-washers/
- Published: 2002-10-30T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:49:56.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Environment, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The City of Santa Monica is now offering, while funds last, a $100 rebate to residential water customers who purchase and install high-efficiency clothes washers.

The new, efficient models offer significant water and energy savings, averaging 40 percent less water use and 60 percent less energy use. Clothes washers that meet the Consortium for Energy Efficiency requirements qualify for the $100 rebate. These washers save approximately 91,000 gallons of water over the lifetime of the appliance Since losing its local water supply because of MTBE contamination, the city has aggressively moved to reduce its need to purchase imported water from the Metropolitan Water District. MWD imports most of its water from northern California’s Bay-Delta and Colorado River, some of it traveling as far as 700 miles before it reaches the city. This impact is larger than ever with the greater LA region’s record low rainfall of just 4.42 inches in the 2001-02 rainy season and the possible reduction of Colorado River water to the region.

The Santa Monica Environmental Task Force has asked the community to reduce its water usage 20 percent by 2010 to ensure safe and abundant water supplies for future generations.

To find out more, call the city’s Bay Saver Program at (866) 728-3229, or vis-itwww.santa-monica.org/environment.

Businesses and multi-family homes also may be eligible for rebates through a separate program for water-conserving fixtures, including a $500 rebate for high efficiency clothes washers. To learn more, call (877) 728-2282.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 30, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/103002.pdf?ref=smdp.com)