To begin the enrollment process, please read and fill out the following form.A district representative will contact you within 14 business days to set up a pre-conversion site visit.
Do not start your landscape conversion until the district has approved your application and completed the necessary site visit or your conversion will be ineligible for payment.
Program Conditions
AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED
- Do not start your landscape conversion project until the district has completed a pre-conversion inspection and authorized you to proceed.
CUSTOMER ELIGIBILITY
- You must be a property owner of record or their authorized representative.
- The property must be within St. George, Washington, Hurricane, Santa Clara, Ivins, La Verkin, Toquerville, Virgin, or in unincorporated Washington County.
- The property must irrigate from a public water system account in good standing.
QUALIFYING AREAS
- Areas for conversion must be living, maintained grass and/or a body of water (such as a pond, fountain or pool).
- Participants are responsible for complying with all applicable laws, codes, policies, covenants, conditions and restrictions related to their project. Projects required to comply with a regulation, code or policy are not eligible.
- Areas previously deemed ineligible will not be reconsidered.
MINIMUM PROJECT SIZE
- 300 square feet of grass. Exemptions may apply if all grass is removed from a contiguous area, such as an entire park strip, or front or back yard.
Converted Area Requirements
LIVING PLANTS
- Converted areas require 50% living plant coverage at maturity. Existing plants may qualify toward the plant coverage requirement if the planting area also meets the irrigation and surface treatment requirements of the program.
IRRIGATION SYSTEM
- Drip irrigation is required. Drip systems must have dedicated valves and include a filter, pressure regulator, and emitters rated at 20 gallons per hour or less. Components must be visible for inspection.
- Any grass remaining adjacent to the converted area must be a minimum of 8 feet wide and sprinklers may not spray or flow into the converted area.
- Irrigation systems must be free of malfunctions and leaks.
SURFACE TREATMENTS
- Ground must be covered by at least 2 inches of mulch, such as rock, bark, ungrouted steppingstones or pavers, permeable artificial turf, and/or living plant material (planted to achieve 100 percent plant cover). Impermeable weed barriers are prohibited. Impermeable surfaces, such as concrete, will be deducted from conversion measurements. Bare soil is allowed where native plants are used to restore an area to native desert.
Terms
- You may cancel this agreement at any time prior to accepting the district’s payment.
DEADLINES
- You have 12 months to complete your project and request inspection. Failed conversions may be corrected within 60 days or the remainder of the 12-month period, whichever is greater.
- All documents, including the executed Conservation Easement, must be completed within 6 months following project completion. Failure to meet deadlines will result in payment forfeiture.
INCENTIVE AMOUNTS
- $2 per square foot will be paid for qualifying converted areas.
- Projects completed between June 9, 2026 and June 1, 2027 will receive a supplemental incentive of $1 per square foot for the first 1,000 square feet.
- Projects in Santa Clara will receive a supplemental incentive of $1 per square foot for the first 500 square feet.
- A “treebate” supplemental incentive of $100 will be added for each qualifying shade tree added to the project (subject to these terms).
- The maximum payment is $100,000 per property, per calendar year.
- Measurements taken prior to conversion are estimates. Payment will be based upon the qualifying conversion area at completion.
- A reduced water bill is not guaranteed.
CONVERSION SUSTAINMENT
- This program is intended to provide permanent water savings. Payment is subject to grant of a Conservation Easement. The Conservation Easement restricts grass, sprinklers or water bodies within the converted area in perpetuity. Transferring property prior to recording of the Conservation Easement will forfeit payment.
PAYMENT
- Checks are issued to the property owner within 30 days of receiving all required documents. Checks become void after 90 days.
- A signed IRS W-9 form is required except for owner-occupied primary residences without rental income.
COMMUNICATION AND EVALUATION
- By applying, you authorize the district to communicate with you regarding your participation, to convey information about district programs, or conduct research on the program’s efficacy. You further authorize the district to obtain historic monthly water use information from your water provider for the purpose of evaluating program impact.
Acknowledgement & Agreement Applicant must scroll to the bottom of this agreement before advancing to the application.You, the Applicant, hereby acknowledge, understand and agree:
to maintain responsibility for the quality and appearance of the conversion;
that any tax liability that may arise from payments made under this Agreement are the responsibility of the Applicant;
to abide and be bound by the terms stated in this Application and Agreement and in the Conservation Easement, and that the terms of those documents may be invoked by the District;
to authorize the District access to historical and future water use data to track conservation savings and monitor program success. All data will be anonymized, and no identifiable information will be transmitted;
that upon the District’s determination that you fulfilled the requirements of this Application and Agreement, payment will be made by the District to you as consideration for this Application and Agreement and the Conservation Easement;
that any assignment of this Agreement shall be effective only upon written notification to the District;
the execution of this Agreement has not been induced by any representation, statement, warranty, or agreement other than those herein expressed;
this Agreement shall bind the parties hereto and their successors, heirs, assigns and representatives, and the obligations of the parties shall not merge with any document of title;
to unconditionally and absolutely defend, indemnify, save harmless, and release the District and all its officers, agents, volunteers, and employees from and against any and all loss, injury, damages, debts, obligations, claims, demands, encumbrances, deficiencies, costs, penalties, suits, proceedings, expenses whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and costs (whether or not suit is brought) and other liabilities of every kind, nature and description arising out of the performance of this Agreement but not for claims arising from the District’s sole negligence. This indemnification obligation shall survive any termination of this Agreement. The right of indemnification provided herein shall be in addition to any rights to which the District may otherwise be entitled;
the parties intend, declare, and covenant that the terms, conditions, agreements and covenants set forth in this Agreement shall run with the land and shall bind, and the benefits and burdens shall inure to, the parties and their respective successors and assigns;
that if any portion of this Agreement shall be held invalid or inoperative, then insofar as is reasonable and possible, the remainder of this Agreement shall be considered valid and operative, and effect shall be given to the intent manifested by the portion held invalid or inoperative;
this Agreement has been drawn and executed in the State of Utah. All questions concerning the meaning, intention and enforcement of any of its terms or its validity shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Utah. In any dispute jurisdiction and venue shall be in the Fifth District Court of the State of Utah;
the parties shall have all rights and remedies provided under applicable Federal or State law for a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement. These rights and remedies shall not be mutually exclusive, and the exercise of one or more of these rights and remedies shall not preclude the exercise of any other rights and remedies. Each party confirms that damages at law may be an inadequate remedy for a breach or threatened breach of any provision hereof and the respective rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be enforceable by specific performance, injunction, or other equitable remedy;
this Agreement is not intended to be a third-party beneficiary contract for the benefit of any third parties, including but not limited to any customer of any party, and no third party shall have any right of subrogation or cause of action against any party for any breach or default by any party hereunder. In addition, no third parties shall have any rights hereunder that would, in any way, restrict the parties’ right to modify or renew this Agreement at any time or in any manner. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to relieve or discharge the obligation or liability of any third persons to any party to this Agreement;
the waiver by any party to this Agreement of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a continuing waiver or a waiver of any subsequent breach, whether of the same or any other provision of this Agreement. Any waiver shall be in writing and signed by the waiving party;
that all agreements heretofore made in the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement between the parties hereto are superseded by and merged into this Agreement, no statement or representation not embodied herein shall have any binding effect upon the parties hereto and there shall be no amendments hereto except those in writing signed by the parties hereto;
that any and all actions performed pursuant to this Agreement will comply fully with all applicable laws, statutes, regulations, codes, and ordinances, and failure to comply may result in rebate forfeiture, or postponement or rejection of this Application; and
that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to waive the sovereign immunity of the District.
to maintain responsibility for the quality and appearance of the conversion;
that any tax liability that may arise from payments made under this Agreement are the responsibility of the Applicant;
to abide and be bound by the terms stated in this Application and Agreement and in the Conservation Easement, and that the terms of those documents may be invoked by the District;
to authorize the District access to historical and future water use data to track conservation savings and monitor program success. All data will be anonymized, and no identifiable information will be transmitted;
that upon the District’s determination that you fulfilled the requirements of this Application and Agreement, payment will be made by the District to you as consideration for this Application and Agreement and the Conservation Easement;
that any assignment of this Agreement shall be effective only upon written notification to the District;
the execution of this Agreement has not been induced by any representation, statement, warranty, or agreement other than those herein expressed;
this Agreement shall bind the parties hereto and their successors, heirs, assigns and representatives, and the obligations of the parties shall not merge with any document of title;
to unconditionally and absolutely defend, indemnify, save harmless, and release the District and all its officers, agents, volunteers, and employees from and against any and all loss, injury, damages, debts, obligations, claims, demands, encumbrances, deficiencies, costs, penalties, suits, proceedings, expenses whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and costs (whether or not suit is brought) and other liabilities of every kind, nature and description arising out of the performance of this Agreement but not for claims arising from the District’s sole negligence. This indemnification obligation shall survive any termination of this Agreement. The right of indemnification provided herein shall be in addition to any rights to which the District may otherwise be entitled;
the parties intend, declare, and covenant that the terms, conditions, agreements and covenants set forth in this Agreement shall run with the land and shall bind, and the benefits and burdens shall inure to, the parties and their respective successors and assigns;
that if any portion of this Agreement shall be held invalid or inoperative, then insofar as is reasonable and possible, the remainder of this Agreement shall be considered valid and operative, and effect shall be given to the intent manifested by the portion held invalid or inoperative;
this Agreement has been drawn and executed in the State of Utah. All questions concerning the meaning, intention and enforcement of any of its terms or its validity shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Utah. In any dispute jurisdiction and venue shall be in the Fifth District Court of the State of Utah;
the parties shall have all rights and remedies provided under applicable Federal or State law for a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement. These rights and remedies shall not be mutually exclusive, and the exercise of one or more of these rights and remedies shall not preclude the exercise of any other rights and remedies. Each party confirms that damages at law may be an inadequate remedy for a breach or threatened breach of any provision hereof and the respective rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be enforceable by specific performance, injunction, or other equitable remedy;
this Agreement is not intended to be a third-party beneficiary contract for the benefit of any third parties, including but not limited to any customer of any party, and no third party shall have any right of subrogation or cause of action against any party for any breach or default by any party hereunder. In addition, no third parties shall have any rights hereunder that would, in any way, restrict the parties’ right to modify or renew this Agreement at any time or in any manner. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to relieve or discharge the obligation or liability of any third persons to any party to this Agreement;
the waiver by any party to this Agreement of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a continuing waiver or a waiver of any subsequent breach, whether of the same or any other provision of this Agreement. Any waiver shall be in writing and signed by the waiving party;
that all agreements heretofore made in the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement between the parties hereto are superseded by and merged into this Agreement, no statement or representation not embodied herein shall have any binding effect upon the parties hereto and there shall be no amendments hereto except those in writing signed by the parties hereto;
that any and all actions performed pursuant to this Agreement will comply fully with all applicable laws, statutes, regulations, codes, and ordinances, and failure to comply may result in rebate forfeiture, or postponement or rejection of this Application; and
that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to waive the sovereign immunity of the District.