Residents and businesses can choose from a list of eligible trees to support efforts to boost urban tree canopies and help with stormwater retention.
A Smart Cities Dive brief by Ysabelle Kempe outlines a new program from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California that offers residents and businesses a $100 rebate for each tree they plant on their property.
The district provides a list of preferred trees that require less water and have high stormwater retention. “Rebate participants are expected to purchase and plant the trees themselves, although the water district created a guide to tree planting and maintenance.”
As Kempe explains, “The tree rebate is a new addition to a turf replacement program that has helped property owners replace 218 million square feet of ‘water-sucking’ lawns with sustainable landscapes, the district says, which has saved enough water to serve about 68,000 homes each year.”
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