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Water Smart Landscape Rebate for Business

Businesses can receive up to $300,000
for replacing grass with water efficient
landscaping.

The Water Smart Landscape rebate helps businesses convert water-thirsty grass and save money. The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) will rebate businesses for replacing grass with desert landscaping at the following amount:

• $1.50 per square foot grass removed up to the first 5,000 square feet per site, per year
• $1 per square foot grass removed beyond the first 5,000 square feet
• $300,000 is the maximum award for any property in a fiscal year

SNWA projects a savings of 825,000 gallons of water per year for the average 15,000 square-foot conversion to water-smart landscaping.

Contact SNWA

Multifamily, commercial and industrial property owners need to fill out a Business Interest Form. An SNWA Conservation specialist will contact you.

Return on Investment

Smart business owners will quickly realize that converting to a water-smart landscape makes good business sense.

What You'll Spend:

• Project design fees
• Permit costs
• Cost to remove existing landscape elements that will not be a part of your new design
• Project installation, including plants. irrigation, hardscapes and other elements

What You'll Save:

• Lower water bills
• Reduced repair costs for water damage related to sprinklers
• Lower landscape maintenance fees
• Reduced pests and pest-control costs
• Lower cost for the replacement of aging and/or damaged turf and sprinkler parts
• Decreased risk of water waste fees
• Increased opportunities for risk management and reduction in liability

Useful Tips and Resources

Once you've met with an SNWA staff member and reviewed the program conditions, there are a variety of pre-conversion and post conversion online tools and resources to help you plan and install your new landscape. See also the Restrictive Covenant and Grant of Conservation Easement.

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