CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / LOS ANGELES
Faced with another year of drought, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is offering customers a cash incentive to replace their grass lawns with drought-tolerant plants.
The Residential Drought Resistant Landscape Incentive Program will credit single-family residential customers $1 for each square foot of turf removed and replaced with drought-tolerant plants, mulch and water-permeable hardscapes, DWP officials said in a statement Tuesday.
New landscaping plans must be approved by the DWP before they are implemented and evidence of installation must be provided to receive the rebate, the statement said. DWP staff will visit customers’ homes before and after the work has been done to confirm how much grass has been replaced.
Three years of below-average precipitation and regulatory factors have resulted in shortages from the DWP’s major water sources. The DWP already offers rebates for installing water-efficient appliances and fixtures.
New water conservation measures went into effect Monday, restricting the use of lawn sprinkler systems to Mondays and Thursdays for all DWP customers. For more information on the program, call (888) 376-3314.
-- Alexandra Zavis
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