SNWA Rebates For Getting Rid Of Grass Get Cut In 2025
While there are many businesses making money selling grass, there are other businesses and homeowners associations that are making money getting rid of it. SNWA rebates for getting rid of water-guzzling lawns have been a mainstay for a bit, but soon certain categories of water users will see their rebate get cut.
HOAs, Businesses, Apartment Complexes First To See SNWA Rebates Cut
The Southern Nevada Water Authority announced that effective January 1st, the $3 per square foot rebate for the first 10,000 square feet of lawn removal will drop 33 percent to $2. After the initial 10,000 square feet, the rebate drops to $1.
This applies to businesses and organizations (yeah, apartment complexes are a business). The move to incentivize removing decorative grass comes before the eventual ban on using water from Lake Mead and the Colorado River to water decorative grass. Where will the water come from to feed those lawns? That’ll be their problem in 2027 when the ban goes into effect.
While the ban might seem a little heavy-handed, it is the SNWA’s early management of the water crisis that has led to an incredibly significant cut in water usage over the last two decades.
Heck, even the water usage from January to June of this year measured at 29 billion gallons, a full 5 billion gallons less than the average start of the last few years. Impressive.
Residential SNWA Rebates Are A Little Different
If you’ve been on the fence about removing your grass, now would be a great time to act. SNWA rebates on residential projects are a full $5 per square foot up to 10,000 square feet, with $3.50 for every following square foot. That $5 figure is only for projects that are completed in 2024, so if you were thinking, now would be the time to make a decision.
The rebate would be a significant shave off of the cost of replacing the grass with turf or water-smart desert landscaping. Plus the savings on water from that point forward will be icing on the cake.
Get your SNWA rebates before they dry up.
