Help Center

Registering a Property in to the Performance Program

To use the CLCA Water Budget/Reporting Website, begin by logging on to the site's home page, http://www.clcaengine.com

Click the “First time users please register here” button

You will be prompted to enter your contact information, including:

  1. FIRST NAME
  2. LAST NAME
  3. E-MAIL ADDRESS
  4. PHONE NUMBER
  5. PASSWORD
  6. CLICK THE BOX ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU HAVE READ AND ACCEPT THE TOA (Terms of Agreement)
  7. COMPANY (Selecting from the toggle screen or selecting “Other” if your company is not listed, if your company is listed select and skip to step 9)
    1. If this is the company’s first site registered on the website, you will need to enroll your company’s contact info. Registering your company helps administration keep track and organize your company’s performance program sites.
    2. Just enter the Company’s Contact Information and click on the SUBMIT COMPANY ENROLLMENT AND CONTINUE
  8. When complete, click the SUBMIT USER ENROLLMENT AND CONTINUE

Once your company has been registered, you will move on to the SITE ENROLLMENT page. Here you will enter:

  1. SITE NAME
  2. SITE ADDRESS
  3. SITE CITY
  4. SITE STATE
  5. SITE ZIP CODE
  6. SITE TYPE (From the toggle screen, choose a commercial site, residential site, etc.)
  7. METHOD TO DEVELOP IRRIGATION SCHEDULE (from the toggle screen choose Monthly Adjustment, Green Leaf, etc.)
  8. AGE OF IRRIGATION OR EFFICIENCY INMPROVEMENT RENOVATION (From the toggle screen choose approximate age of the system)

    9. Once you have entered the SITE LOCATION INFO, SITE TYPE, METHOD TO DEVELOP IRRIGATION SCHEDULE & AGE OF IRRIGATION SYSTEM in to the page, you will then move on to LANDSCAPE INFO, including:

  9. LANDSCAPED AREA FOR EACH CROP (1000 sq ft of Cool Season Turf, 3000 sq ft of trees and ground cover, etc.)
  10. IRRIGATION TYPE PERCENTAGE (100% large rotors, 70% drip irrigation, etc.)
  11. METER SERIAL NUMBER (For your records and for verification should you need to present water bills for past performance)
  12. METER NAME (For your purposes only)
  13. UNIT OF METER MEASUREMENT (HCF, Gallons, etc.)
  14. METER TYPE (Dedicated Meter, Mixed Meter Usage, etc.) If you select “Flow Meter”, contact the Program Manager for instructions. (ITEMS 9 through 22 are MANDATORY)
  15. IF MIXED USAGE NUMBER OF FULL TIME RESIDENTS (# of full time residents x 70 gallons per day or non-irrigation usage determined by actual test)
  16. INITIAL READING
  17. INITIAL READING MONTH

    18. YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF ATTACHING A PHOTO OF THE METER (This can be helpful in the event your usage reading is off. This is recommended, but is not mandatory. Often times, an inaccurate usage reading is due to an incorrect initial reading or understanding of the meter readout. (Decimal point placement, incorrect unit of measurement, etc.)
    Simply hit the BROWSE button and search for the photo on your computer, hit OPEN.)

    YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO WRITE ANY SITE NOTES HELPFUL TO BUDGET CREATION (Often times, documenting unique items to your landscaped site can be helpful in budget creation or to let the Program Admin that your budget may need to be re-calculated in the future.)

  18. Once your have ensured that your information is accurate, simply hit the SEND button. If your site has been accepted, you will receive notification. If not, you will be asked to fill out additional information.

YOUR LANDSCAPE BUDGET WILL BE CREATED IN 30 SECONDS and you can begin entering your monthly meter readings!