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WaterSmart Residential Rebates

The program may support one of these project types: Improve Irrigation and Keep a Yard Alive With Less Water, Improve Soil, Add Compost or Mulch, or Build Garden Beds, or Replace a Lawn With a Water-Wise Yard.

Run by
Lower Colorado River Authority
Service area
Residential account holders served directly by LCRA or an eligible LCRA firm water customer.

Program at a glance

Benefit
Residential total: 50% of cost up to $3,000.00. Turf conversion: $0.50 per square foot up to $2,000.00. Compost and mulch: 50% of cost up to $1,000.00.
Who
Residential account holders served directly by LCRA or an eligible LCRA firm water customer.
Where
Residential account holders served directly by LCRA or an eligible LCRA firm water customer.
Qualifying project
The program may support one of these project types: Improve Irrigation and Keep a Yard Alive With Less Water, Improve Soil, Add Compost or Mulch, or Build Garden Beds, or Replace a Lawn With a Water-Wise Yard.

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?

The reviewed record does not settle the timing rule.

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.

The existing landscape uses water more efficiently through approved equipment, maintenance, or soil improvements. The property receives or uses an approved soil amendment or ground cover for planting, water savings, or erosion control. Living turf is replaced with an approved planted landscape that uses less water and remains permeable.

Improve Irrigation and Keep a Yard Alive With Less Water

The existing landscape uses water more efficiently through approved equipment, maintenance, or soil improvements.

See the full project guide →

Improve Soil, Add Compost or Mulch, or Build Garden Beds

The property receives or uses an approved soil amendment or ground cover for planting, water savings, or erosion control.

See the full project guide →

Replace a Lawn With a Water-Wise Yard

Living turf is replaced with an approved planted landscape that uses less water and remains permeable.

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: Improve Irrigation and Keep a Yard Alive With Less Water, Improve Soil, Add Compost or Mulch, or Build Garden Beds, or Replace a Lawn With a Water-Wise Yard.

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 Lower Colorado River Authority.

  2. 2

    Open the current official program source

    Use the official program link below.

  3. 3

    Collect the before-project evidence

    Turf-conversion preapproval information and existing condition.

  4. 4

    Get approval when required

    The reviewed official sources do not settle preapproval. Ask the program before purchasing or starting work.

  5. 5

    Complete only the approved scope

    Keep design changes and material substitutions in writing.

  6. 6

    Submit the completion package

    Online application. Itemized receipts. Conversion area or cubic-yard/treated-area information. W-9 when requesting $600.00 or more in calendar-year rebates.

Open the official program

Details to confirm

  • Rock and rubber do not qualify for the compost/mulch rebate.
  • A water account must be with LCRA or a listed firm customer, not merely within the Colorado River basin.

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?

The reviewed official sources do not settle preapproval. Ask the program before purchasing or starting 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 Lower Colorado River Authority to approve the exact substitute in writing before ordering.

Last verified 8/11/26

Official sources

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