North Marin Water District Cash-for-Grass Turf Replacement Incentive

North Marin Water District (NMWD)

RollingRebate Water-efficiency rebate that supports defensible space

Program rules decide eligibility. Check details with the program before starting work.

Award: The incentive is now $1.50 per square foot of lawn area if you replace it with qualified low water use planting (up to $1,500 per single-family dwelling)
Status: Rolling
Who it's for: NMWD water customers only; account and project address must be confirmed with NMWD. Not all Marin County residents. Replace regularly maintained, automatically irrigated lawn with District-approved low-water planting on drip irrigation. Advance virtual inspection and re-landscaping plan approval required. The general NMWD rebate page specifies the lawn must be replaced with district-approved low-water planted landscaping; other project rules should be confirmed in the application. No general program close date stated. Supplemental stormwater bonus funding is stated to expire at year-end 2026. The program remains subject to NMWD rules and available funds; no other deadline captured.
Where: NMWD water customers only; account and project address must be confirmed with NMWD. Not all Marin County residents.
Measures: Defensible space

How to Apply

Contact NMWD Water Conservation to pre-qualify and schedule the virtual pre-inspection.
Submit a re-landscaping plan for District approval before work.
Complete approved lawn conversion and coordinate the required inspection(s) and rebate application with NMWD.

Tick items as you go. Nothing here is saved.

A re-landscaping/site plan is expressly required for approval. The form is obtained from NMWD; other required receipts, photos, or documents were not specified in the captured source and should not be inferred.

Source · Checked October 20, 2026