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ST. GEORGE — The Washington County Water Conservancy District is offering money to home and business owners to replace little-used grass with water-efficient landscaping.
"Right now we're offering $2 rebate (per square foot) to encourage people to do a landscape conversion," Zach Renstrom, general manager of the water district, said Monday.
"Go from grass and convert to that to desert-friendly landscaping," he said. "We don't want people just to rip out their grass – we really want them to replace their grass with, you know, trees and shrubs and other things that still keep the environment cool and have that cooling effect, but yet doesn't use as much water."
According to the water district, water-efficient landscapes use approximately 9 gallons of water per square foot annually compared to 37 gallons for grass.
