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The City of Rifle will offer rebates for residential irrigation audits and partial efficiency improvements beginning in April.
The Rebates and Audits for Irrigation Networks (RAIN) program will offer local homeowners with residential sprinkler systems a free audit that will provide recommendations for upgrades and improvements to make their system more efficient. The audits will look at water use and the overall size of the system in an effort to implement the city's water conservation plan.
According to Rifle's Government Affairs Coordinator Mike Braaten the city received nearly $47,000 in grant funds from the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) to pay for 60 audits and a portion of recommended improvements for Rifle resident's irrigation systems.
“Anyone is eligible to apply that has an existing system,” Braaten said. “If there is interest out there, it's a good idea to apply early.”
The program will require qualified homeowners to fill out an application, which will be available at the city's website, www.rifleco.org, starting April 1. Qualified applicants will then receive an irrigation system audit that will include recommendations for upgrades that will make the systems more efficient of water use.
Program participants may be eligible to receive 50 percent, up to $100 to implement the audit recommended improvements, and an additional $100 rebate toward the purchase of a new irrigation system controller, or $200 toward a weather-based controller.
The rebates should equate to about 50 percent of the cost of a new controller for the systems, according to Braaten.
Inserts explaining the program in detail will be sent out to Rifle Utility customers with their March bill, Braaten said. Additional information will be available online at the city of Rifle's website, www.rifleco.org.
The Rebates and Audits for Irrigation Networks (RAIN) program will offer local homeowners with residential sprinkler systems a free audit that will provide recommendations for upgrades and improvements to make their system more efficient. The audits will look at water use and the overall size of the system in an effort to implement the city's water conservation plan.
According to Rifle's Government Affairs Coordinator Mike Braaten the city received nearly $47,000 in grant funds from the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) to pay for 60 audits and a portion of recommended improvements for Rifle resident's irrigation systems.
“Anyone is eligible to apply that has an existing system,” Braaten said. “If there is interest out there, it's a good idea to apply early.”
The program will require qualified homeowners to fill out an application, which will be available at the city's website, www.rifleco.org, starting April 1. Qualified applicants will then receive an irrigation system audit that will include recommendations for upgrades that will make the systems more efficient of water use.
Program participants may be eligible to receive 50 percent, up to $100 to implement the audit recommended improvements, and an additional $100 rebate toward the purchase of a new irrigation system controller, or $200 toward a weather-based controller.
The rebates should equate to about 50 percent of the cost of a new controller for the systems, according to Braaten.
Inserts explaining the program in detail will be sent out to Rifle Utility customers with their March bill, Braaten said. Additional information will be available online at the city of Rifle's website, www.rifleco.org.
