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State outlines landscape incentives, smart-controller rebates and planning rules to conserve water
Summary
The Division of Water Resources summarized ongoing conservation programs: a landscape conversion rebate (up to $3 per sq. ft.), smart irrigation-controller rebates, toilet-replacement rebates, and requirements for water-use elements in municipal general plans under 2022–2023 legislation.
Shelby Cooley, water conservation section manager at the Utah Division of Water Resources, briefed the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council on state conservation programs, incentives and planning requirements intended to reduce demand and support lake inflows.
Cooley described the Landscape Incentives Program, which provides rebates up to $3 per square foot to replace high-water turf with lower-water landscaping. The program operates through partnerships with several water conservancy districts…
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