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Rain Harvest Rebates
Harvesting rainwater from your rooftop protects the Santa Monica Bay, safeguards drinking water supplies, and adds a little excitement into to your life and landscape - and can put money in your pocket. 

 


Rebate Type & Amounts:

1. Rain Gutter Downspout Redirect Rebate (rainwater percolation): Up to $40 per qualified rain gutter downspout (up to and including all downspouts on one’s property), includes labor and materials. Rebates are available for the cost of redirecting rain gutter downspouts to permeable surfaces, such as landscaped areas.

2. Rain Barrel Rebate
(rainwater storage): Rebates up to $100 per barrel (limited to 125 gallon maximum capacity), includes design, labor and materials.

3. Cistern Rebate
(rainwater storage): Up to $500 per cistern (limited to cisterns over 500 gallons each), includes design, labor and materials.

Eligibility:
Any property owner (resident, institution or business) in the City of Santa Monica and any tenant of said property with the permission of the owner.
Downspouts: Only downspouts that drain DIRECTLY to the alley or street are available for this program. Downspouts that drain to the landscape are NOT available for the redirect rebate program.
Rain Barrels: Up to 2 barrels per downspout.
Cisterns: Up to 2 cisterns per property.

This page was last modified on 11/04/2008

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