Capacity Buyback Program
The City’s Capacity Buy Back Program encourages and rewards industrial, commercial and institutional organizations that reduce water use by:
1. offering industrial customers consuming up to 15,000 cubic metres annually (m3/yr), commercial, and institutional customers a free water audit to help identify ways to reduce water use;
2. rewarding industrial customers consuming up to 5,000 m3/yr, and commercial and institutional customers that implement permanent water savings measures with a one-time cash rebate up to 30 cents per litre of water saved per average day;
Offered by Toronto Water Business Support
Amount
Free water audit plus a one-time cash rebate of up to 30 cents per litre of water saved per average day ($0.30/L for both water and sewer reduction, or $0.15/L for only one of water or sewer reduction)
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Who can apply
The City’s Capacity Buy Back Program encourages and rewards industrial, commercial and institutional organizations that reduce water use by:
- offering industrial customers consuming up to 15,000 cubic metres annually (m3/yr), commercial, and institutional customers a free water audit to help identify ways to reduce water use;
- rewarding industrial customers consuming up to 5,000 m3/yr, and commercial and institutional customers that implement permanent water savings measures with a one-time cash rebate up to 30 cents per litre of water saved per average day;
- To be eligible for consideration for participation in the Pro- be:
gram, the facility must: i. Properly completed so as to identify the building; and
- Be located in the City of Toronto; ii. Signed by the Applicant.
- Have a water account with the City; and
- A. Be classified as a commercial or institutional building The City shall allocate the funds required to pay the incentive
according to tax records (e.g. office, retail outlet, hotel, on acceptance of the above form(s). hospital, warehouse, government, school, etc.)
OR
B. Be classified as an industrial property according to tax Applicant’s Responsibility records AND consume less than 15,000m3 11. Each selected Applicant must assume all financial and
- Industrial facilities using less than 5,000m3 are eligible other responsibility in relation to the application and
for the water efficiency audit and the incentive for participation in the program including but not limited to: completed, eligible projects i. Engaging the auditor/engineer to implement the project;
- Industrial facilities using from 5,000m3- 15,000m3 are ii. The installation of the new equipment/technology to
eligible for the water efficiency audit reduce water use; including any preparatory and repair work that is required for the proper installation of the Conditions for Payment new equipment/technology.
About the funding
The City’s Capacity Buy Back Program encourages and rewards industrial, commercial and institutional organizations that reduce water use by:
- offering industrial customers consuming up to 15,000 cubic metres annually (m3/yr), commercial, and institutional customers a free water audit to help identify ways to reduce water use;
- rewarding industrial customers consuming up to 5,000 m3/yr, and commercial and institutional customers that implement permanent water savings measures with a one-time cash rebate up to 30 cents per litre of water saved per average day;
- helping participants save money over the long-term with reduced water bills.
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After each verification, the City will present your organization with a cheque for up to 30 cents per litre of water saved per average day.
ď‚· The City of Toronto Water Efficiency capacity buyback incentive is $0.30/L for both water and sewer reduction, or $0.15/L for only one of water or sewer
reduction.
Water efficiency upgrades eligible under the program are:
- cooling towers
- boilers
- refrigeration equipment
- food service equipment
- process equipment and other site-specific water-saving measures (for example, grey water re-use and rainwater harvesting systems)
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