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Sonoma County Rainwater Catchment Rebate Pilot Project

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Proposal
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Implementation
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Contents

Project Overview

Basics

Water Management and Conservation
Water Storage and Coordinated Water Management
Sonoma County Rainwater Catchment Rebate Pilot Project

Implementation
This project seeks to build upon the partners’ current success in fostering community water conservation, security, and awareness, by developing and implementing a county-wide pilot rebate and training program to promote household-level water storage through rainwater catchment.

In addition to providing rebates for rainwater catchment system construction, the project will also conduct two workshop/webinar series: one targeting homeowners interested in designing and installing their own systems, a second for professional landscapers to receive certification through the Qualified Water-Efficient Landscapers (QWEL) program in rainwater catchment system design and construction.

2021
2022
2024
3/20/2023

Project Attributes

Census Tract Income
None
Direct Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
EnviroScreen
None
Free and Reduced Lunch
None
Indirect Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
Tribal Engagement (True/False)
None
Tribal Engagement
None

Location

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  • Green Valley Creek (180101100901)

Organizations

Funders
  • California Department of Water Resources
  • Sonoma County, CA
Lead Implementer
  • Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
Partners
  • Daily Acts
  • Sonoma County Water Agency
  • Sonoma Resource Conservation District
Primary RCD
  • Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
State Assembly Voting District
  • State Assembly District 02
State Senate Voting District
  • State Senate District 02

Contacts

Noelle Johnson - Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District (Gold Ridge RCD) (Noelle@goldridgercd.org)

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

Events Event Type: Technical Training 1
Events Event Type: Workshop 1
People Participating in Activity Constituent Type: Landowners Primary Service Type: Techncial Assistance 60
People Participating in Activity Constituent Type: General Public Primary Service Type: Municipal Training 30
People Participating in Activity Constituent Type: General Public Primary Service Type: Workshops 40
Water Conserved Action Performed: Water Storage Facility Site Type: Residential 0.37 acre-ft

Reported Performance Measures

Events
Event Type Total 2023 2022 Units
Technical Training 0 0 0 number
Workshop 3 0 3 number
Total 3 0 3 number

People Participating in Activity
Constituent Type Primary Service Type Total 2023 2022 Units
General Public Workshops 2 0 2 number
General Public Municipal Training 20 0 20 number
Landowners Techncial Assistance 70 30 40 number
Total 92 30 62 number

Water Conserved
Action Performed Site Type Total 2023 2022 Units
Water Storage Facility Residential 0.2 0 0.2 acre-ft
Total 0.2 0 0.2 acre-ft

Financials

Budget

$581,872.00
$581,872.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total
Prop 1 (IRWMP) (DWR) $420,324.00 $0.00 $420,324.00
Sonoma County General Fund (SONCO) $161,548.00 $0.00 $161,548.00
Total $581,872.00 $0.00 $581,872.00
Comment: None provided

Reported Expenditures

No Expenditures have been reported for this Project.


Note: We will not have accurate expenditure data until the grant is complete.

Project Themes

Project Themes

This project is meant to not only provide residents technical and financial assistance to construct onsite winter water storage for dry season use, thereby protecting water sources, but is also meant to empower citizens to take action towards self-sufficiency and emergency preparedness while normalizing such efforts at the household level.
At least two workshops will be held on water saving and sustainability. First will be a Qualified Water Water Efficient Landscaping training for licensed landscapers. Second will be a workshop for homeowners and small business owners on how to install and use rain barrels on their property.
Rainwater catchment systems will offset summer diversions in critical reaches of the Russian river watershed, increasing access and habitat for coho salmon.
Rainwater catchment systems will increase summer flows in the Russian River watershed by decreasing summer diversions as rainwater from previous months will have been stored for use.

Project Details

Attachments

NCRP Prop 1 Round 1 Implementation Map
Uploaded On
11/1/2022
File Type
PDF
Description

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Notes

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External Links

  • rebate program webpage

Photos

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