If you’re looking to save money on your water bill, get cash, and help the environment, the City of Santa Barbara has a new rebate program that does all three.
The city’s new lawn replacement and rainwater garden rebate program offers cash payments to customers who replace their water-thirsty lawns with water-wise gardens that can capture and filter stormwater.
“Ordinarily, stormwater runs off from your roofs, from your driveway, runs down into the street, into the curb and gutter, into a storm drain and eventually right to our creeks and ocean untreated,” said Erin Markey with Santa Barbara’s Creeks Division…