The Metropolitan Water District is more than doubling its rebates to prompt business owners and other non-residential customers to get rid of their lawns.
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Beginning Sept.1, the MWD rebate will increase to $7 per square. It’s aimed at helping non-residential customers rip out thirty turf, and replace it with drought-tolerant plants.
“Providing ongoing rebates to make turf replacement affordable will help city, county, and state agencies save a large amount of water, a necessity for future water supplies reliability,” Saloman Miranda is with the Department of Water Resources, told KNX News’ Jon Baird.
Michael Camacho, the Metropolitan Board Vice Chairman, said that up to 70% of the water used in communities in Southern California is used outdoors.
“Much of it is on grass that is not even played on, and most of the time it's only walked on by the people cutting the grass,” he said.
The rebates are also expected to help businesses with a new law that will take effect in 2027, which basically prohibits using drinking water to irrigate a lawn that is not used for recreation.
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