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Pittsburgh Water Stormwater Credit Program

The program may support one of these project types: Build a Rain Garden, Bioswale, or Runoff-Management Yard, Fix Yard Drainage and Reduce Flood or Sewer-Backup Risk, or Capture Rainwater in a Barrel or Cistern.

Run by
Pittsburgh Water
Service area
Pittsburgh Water stormwater-fee customers.

Program at a glance

Benefit
Residential stormwater control: reduction to next lower residential tier. Tier 1 property: 50% fee reduction. Rain barrel: $40.00 one time bill credit. 2026 monthly tiers: tier 1: $5.75. Tier 2: $11.50. Tier 3: $22.99.
Who
Pittsburgh Water stormwater-fee customers.
Where
Pittsburgh Water stormwater-fee customers.
Qualifying project
The program may support one of these project types: Build a Rain Garden, Bioswale, or Runoff-Management Yard, Fix Yard Drainage and Reduce Flood or Sewer-Backup Risk, or Capture Rainwater in a Barrel or Cistern.

Quick check

Do the main rules appear to fit?

Your answers stay in this page session. The program makes the final decision.

1. Is the property in the official service area or account group?

A city mailing address may not match a utility or watershed boundary.

2. Does the property need one of the approved project routes listed above?
3. Have you checked the approval rule before buying or starting work?

Many programs need before photos, an inspection, or written approval.

Answer each question for a cautious result.

The rules remain visible here even if the interactive check is unavailable.

The finished result

What project qualifies?

This program may support more than one approved project route. The program’s plan and written decision control which route applies to the property.

An approved planted feature slows, stores, filters, or infiltrates runoff on the property. An approved project reduces runoff, standing water, basement flooding, sewer backup, or repeated flood loss. Roof runoff is captured in an approved container and reused or released safely.

Build a Rain Garden, Bioswale, or Runoff-Management Yard

An approved planted feature slows, stores, filters, or infiltrates runoff on the property.

See the full project guide →

Fix Yard Drainage and Reduce Flood or Sewer-Backup Risk

An approved project reduces runoff, standing water, basement flooding, sewer backup, or repeated flood loss.

See the full project guide →

What the project may require

A product can be one part of the work. The approved project, timing, design, and proof control.

Complete the approved property project

required

Creates the finished outcome the program supports.

The program may support one of these project types: Build a Rain Garden, Bioswale, or Runoff-Management Yard, Fix Yard Drainage and Reduce Flood or Sewer-Backup Risk, or Capture Rainwater in a Barrel or Cistern.

Official path: official page

How to apply or check the program

  1. 1

    Confirm the property

    Verify the service area, account, ownership, applicant, and property type with Pittsburgh Water.

  2. 2

    Open the current official program source

    Use the official program link below.

  3. 3

    Collect the before-project evidence

    Credit application. System description and capture calculations.

  4. 4

    Get approval when required

    This record does not require program preapproval, but purchase, pickup, account, permit, or maintenance rules may still apply.

  5. 5

    Complete only the approved scope

    Keep design changes and material substitutions in writing.

  6. 6

    Submit the completion package

    Current photo for each three-year renewal.

Open the official program

Details to confirm

  • A downspout merely redirected to lawn does not qualify.
  • Permeable pavement is handled as an impervious-area deduction, not a stormwater-control credit.
  • The rain-barrel benefit is a one-time $40.00 credit, not reimbursement of full purchase cost.

Examples that do not qualify

  • Buying gravel, soil, mulch, or another product by itself does not create eligibility.

Questions people ask

Is this a rebate for buying gravel or another material?

No. The program supports the qualifying property project described above. A material purchase matters only when it serves the approved design and follows the program’s payment rules.

Can I start before applying?

This record does not require program preapproval, but purchase, pickup, account, permit, or maintenance rules may still apply.

Does appearing eligible guarantee funding?

No. Current status, funding, ranking, inspection, and final approval can still affect the outcome.

Who decides whether a material substitution qualifies?

The program or its designated designer. Ask Pittsburgh Water to approve the exact substitute in writing before ordering.

Last verified 8/11/26

Official sources

Use these official sources for current rules, availability, and application details.

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