Water District Offers 'Mow No Mow' Turf Removal Rebate Program

For a second year and just in time for summer, the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District (LVMWD) is offering a front yard turf removal and landscape runoff elimination program that provides a maximum incentive up to $2,500 to qualifying participants. Called “Mow No Mow,” the water-saving incentives are available to single-family homeowners in the LVMWD service area who pre-apply in order to participate.

According to a press release, the program helps customers save money, reduces urban runoff from improper watering and helps the water district make inroads toward the state mandate to reduce water use 20 percent by the year 2020.

Details on how to qualify for the “Mow No Mow” program are available on the District’s website. Information is also available at District headquarters at 4232 Las Virgenes Road in Calabasas.

The rebate program is jointly funded by LVMWD, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the California Department of Water Resources and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

LVMWD also offers a free colorful catalog of native and “California-friendly” plants that can be attractive replacements for water-thirsty turf areas while using little or no water from irrigation systems. The plant guide is available on line or in print at District Headquarters.