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Chattanooga RainSmart Reward Rebates

The program may support one of these project types: Build a Rain Garden, Bioswale, or Runoff-Management Yard, Replace Pavement or Build a Permeable Driveway or Patio, or Fix Yard Drainage and Reduce Flood or Sewer-Backup Risk.

Run by
City of Chattanooga Water Quality Program
Service area
Property within Chattanooga city limits. Owner and resident rules differ by project.

Program at a glance

Benefit
Current program marketing: up to $5,000.00. Rain barrel: $50.00 each. Fetched 2023 rain garden agreement: $5.00 per sqft construction plus $1.25 per sqft materials subject to $1,000.00 cap.
Who
Property within Chattanooga city limits. Owner and resident rules differ by project.
Where
Property within Chattanooga city limits. Owner and resident rules differ by project.
Qualifying project
The program may support one of these project types: Build a Rain Garden, Bioswale, or Runoff-Management Yard, Replace Pavement or Build a Permeable Driveway or Patio, or Fix Yard Drainage and Reduce Flood or Sewer-Backup Risk.

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. Impervious pavement is removed or replaced with an approved surface and base that lets water pass through. An approved project reduces runoff, standing water, basement flooding, sewer backup, or repeated flood loss.

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 →

Replace Pavement or Build a Permeable Driveway or Patio

Impervious pavement is removed or replaced with an approved surface and base that lets water pass through.

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, Replace Pavement or Build a Permeable Driveway or Patio, or Fix Yard Drainage and Reduce Flood or Sewer-Backup Risk.

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 City of Chattanooga Water Quality Program.

  2. 2

    Open the current official program source

    Use the official program link below.

  3. 3

    Collect the before-project evidence

    Ask for the current document checklist.

  4. 4

    Get approval when required

    Get written approval before removing, buying, signing, or installing anything the program treats as project work.

  5. 5

    Complete only the approved scope

    Keep design changes and material substitutions in writing.

  6. 6

    Submit the completion package

    Ask what after photos, invoices, inspections, or certifications are required.

Open the official program

Details to confirm

  • The current $5,000 headline and older $1,000 rain-garden agreement conflict. Confirm the current project-track cap in writing.
  • Functional material qualifies. Decorative rock does not.
  • The City warns that a RainSmart device is not flood protection.

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?

Get written approval before removing, buying, signing, or installing anything the program treats as project work.

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 City of Chattanooga Water Quality Program 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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