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Grants for Water-Saving Landscaping04-03-07 | News
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Grants for Water-Saving Landscaping

The city of Santa Monica, Calif. is offering grants to individuals, property owners, businesses, nongovernmental organizations and public agencies to finance water-saving landscape projects. The reimbursement grants will cover 50 percent of the cost of a project (up to $20,000) and be dispersed upon completion.

Eligible projects described on the application include:

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The grant can be used for many landscaping-related tasks, including design and construction costs, plant materials, irrigation and erosion control.

In addition to water-efficient irrigation systems, all grant requests must include one or more of these additional features: California native plants or non-native water-efficient plants, rain catchment or stormwater management systems, graywater systems, or other innovative water-saving features in the landscape.

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Source: worldchanging.org.

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