This online enrollment is for business, HOA and multifamily properties. If you’re applying for your own home, please complete the residential application. To begin the process, please read and fill out this form. To complete your application, you will need:
Once your application is received, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) will contact you within 10 business days to confirm the scheduling of your pre-conversion site visit.
You must review and agree to these program conditions to qualify for the rebate. Please read these conditions carefully as they are contractually binding
Pre-conversion eligibility
Authorization to proceed
Do not remove the existing turf until the Authority completes a pre-conversion inspection and authorizes you to proceed. If the total project area exceeds 10,890 square feet, regardless of the size of individual phases, the Applicant must obtain express approval from the applicable municipal planning authority prior to receiving the Authority’s authorization to proceed.
Customer eligibility
Areas to be converted must use water from an Authority water agency or groundwater well within the Las Vegas Valley Groundwater Basin. Applicant’s water and/or groundwater account(s) must be in
Qualifying areas
Conversion areas must be a living, or permanently-installed outdoor water surface which was compliant with applicable laws at the time of installation. Areas previously deemed ineligible by the Authority will not be reconsidered.
Minimum project size
of lawn and/or water surface must be converted. At the Authority’s discretion, smaller projects may be accepted if less than 400 square feet of lawn and/or water surface exist in the project area.
Requirements for the converted area
Prior to conversion, the subject areas must have at least 50 percent living plant cover at maturity (using the Authority’s plant list). All areas evaluated must meet the requirements of Sections II(B) and II(C), below.
Converted areas must use drip-irrigation systems, including a filter, pressure regulator, and emitters rated at 20 gallons per hour or less. Systems must be free of malfunctions and leaks. Required components must be visible for inspection. If some turf areas remain after the conversion, any remaining spray-irrigation may not spray the converted area or create runoff.
Converted areas must be uniformly permeable to air and water and covered by mulch, such as rock, bark, un-grouted pavers, permeable artificial turf, and/or living groundcovers (with 100 percent plant cover). Plastic, concrete, and other impermeable materials are not allowed.
Terms of rebate
Cancellation
You may cancel this Agreement at any time before accepting the rebate from the Authority.
To receive the maximum rebate from the Authority, the Applicant must complete the conversion by December 31, 2024. A conversion is deemed “complete” when (1) the Applicant has completed the post-conversion inspection, (2) necessary corrections, if any, identified by the Authority during the post-conversion inspection are complete, and (3) the Authority has received Applicant’s executed Conservation Easement. A sample Conservation Easement is included with this Application.
For non-single-family (“Non-SFR”) properties, the Applicant will receive a rebate from the Authority for removing functional turf, as defined by the Authority, as follows: $3.00 per square foot for the first 10,000 square feet and $1.50 per square foot thereafter, without regard to passage of time or number of project phases. Groundwater Management program rebates are limited to 2,500 square feet per fiscal year. Non-SFR properties removing non-functional turf to comply with Assembly Bill 356 will be paid the above incentive for projects completed on or before December 31, 2024. Applicants for Non-SFR properties where a non-functional turf conversion is completed after December 31, 2024, will receive a rebate as follows: $2.00 per square foot for the first 10,000 square feet and $1.00 per square foot thereafter without regard to passage of time or number of phases.
Rebates are subject to the property owner’s grant of a Conservation Easement that will restrict certain uses of the converted project areas in perpetuity. An Applicant that transfers the property prior to the Authority’s recording of the Conservation Easement will forfeit the rebate.
Payment
Checks are issued to property owners or their appointed agent within 30 days of recording the easement.
Authority discretion
Notwithstanding satisfaction of eligibility conditions, the Authority retains discretion to reject or delay Application approval and may withhold payment if the Authority determines conversion is not complete.
You authorize the Authority to communicate with you about Authority programs or research projects.
Acknowledgement & agreement
You, the Applicant, hereby acknowledge, understand and agree:
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To maintain responsibility for the quality and appearance of the conversion;
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to comply with applicable statutes, regulations, codes, ordinances, and covenants pertaining to the project, the failure of which may result in rebate forfeiture, or postponement or rejection of this Application;
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to accept any tax liability related to payments received under this Agreement;
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to abide and be bound by the terms stated in this Application and Agreement and in the Conservation Easement, if applicable, and that the terms of those documents may be invoked by the Authority;
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that upon the Authority’s determination that you fulfilled the requirements of this Application and Agreement, payment will be made by the Authority to you as consideration;
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that the payment of the incentive by the Authority does not constitute compliance with Assembly Bill 356;
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that the rebate amount is subject to change and will be paid at the rate that is currently in place at the time the project is complete;
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that assignment or transfer of your interest in this agreement without the Authority’s prior written approval shall be void;
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this Agreement may not be modified except by written instrument executed by both Parties or their designees;
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that if any term of this Agreement is unenforceable or invalid, such term shall be excluded to that extent; the Agreement shall otherwise remain enforceable; and the invalid or unenforceable term shall be deemed replaced by a valid and enforceable term that most closely states the invalid or unenforceable term’s intent. If this Paragraph’s application materially and adversely affects a Party, by altering the contemplated economic substance, that Party shall be entitled to compensation for the impact.
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Nevada law shall govern interpretation of this Agreement, without reference to its choice of law provisions and that the exclusive venue for any dispute arising from the terms of this Agreement shall be Clark County, Nevada;
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this Agreement does not create any right in or benefit to parties other than the Authority and the Applicant and does not create any third-party beneficiary rights or causes of action; the failure of either Party to enforce a provision of the Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of such provisions or of the rights of such Party to enforce each and every such provision; and,
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this Agreement contains the Parties’ entire understanding of the contemplated transactions, notwithstanding any previous negotiations or agreements, oral or written, between the Parties concerning all or any part of the subject matter hereof. All prior or contemporaneous agreements, understandings, representations, and statements, oral or written, regarding this Agreement’s subject matter are merged in this Agreement and shall be of no further force or effect.
Important! You understand that you must participate in a pre-conversion site inspection prior to removing your lawn. Starting without Authority approval will make your conversion ineligible.