Permanent Special Agricultural Water Rate Program (PSAWR)

The City of Poway is participating in the San Diego County Water Authority's (SDCWA) Permanent Special Agricultural Water Rate (PSAWR) Program which allows qualifying commercial agricultural water customers a lower water rate.

In exchange for receiving a lower water rate, during times of water shortages or emergencies, participating PSAWR customers will be subject to higher water cutbacks compared to non-PSAWR customers and will receive a percent reduction in water supplies that is equal to the percent reduction in supplies set by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California under its shortage action.  

To qualify in Poway's PSAWR program, the following requirements must be met:

• Grow or raise - for commercial purposes - products of an agricultural, horticultural or floricultural nature.
• Provide proof of commercial agricultural sales annually for products grown on the property
• Complete and return the Permanent Special Agricultural Water Program Enrollment and Acknowledgement Form located here or at Poway City Hall 
• Have Current participation in one of the following groups:
  1. Grower's List
  2. Active Certified Producers
  3. Organic Producers
  4. San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board General Agricultural Order Enrollment Program

Full program details can be found in the PSAWR Program Handbook. If you have any question on Poway's PSAWR Program, please contact us by email or by phone at (858) 668-4700.

*Rebate only applies to agricultural water demands.  For water meters that serve both residential property and agricultural property, the rebate begins after the first 22 units in a billing cycle.