Both start with the same thing every rebate application needs — a licensed irrigator's written evaluation. One tunes your system for the season. The other helps you turn lawn into something you can eat.
No jargon. Here's exactly what you get, why it matters, and how each piece connects to the money your water provider will pay you back.
This is the licensed-irrigator evaluation your rebate hinges on. Brenton (LI 23853) walks every zone, checks pressure and coverage, catches worn heads and mismatched nozzles, and writes it all up on the checklist Austin Water and LCRA WaterSmart require with the application.
Without that written report, most rebate dollars stay locked. This is the key that opens them — and it also tells you, in numbers, exactly what your system is wasting.
While the truck is already at your house, we reprogram the controller for the season you're actually in — run times matched to current heat and evapotranspiration, not a schedule someone set two summers ago.
We confirm the rain and freeze sensors work and get the schedule inside current watering restrictions, so the system stops overwatering the day we leave.
The $250 visit adds a real soil test — sampled and sent to a lab — so planting decisions are based on your dirt, not a guess. Then a local planting expert walks the property with you to plan turning turf into edible beds, fruit trees, and drought-smart food gardens.
Soil testing and turf conversion are both rebate-eligible, so the visit is built to help you stack every dollar you qualify for.
Rebate eligibility and amounts are set by your water provider, not by Greyroot Dynamics. City of Austin customers apply through Austin Water; customers of LCRA firm water providers — Cedar Park, Leander, Round Rock, Lakeway, Dripping Springs and others — apply through LCRA WaterSmart, which reimburses 50% of cost up to $3,000 per residential property per year, including irrigation evaluations, soil testing, and turf conversion ($0.50/sq ft, 200 sq ft minimum). Turf conversion and certain items require pre-approval before work begins. We prepare the documentation; your provider approves the rebate. Program terms current as of 2026 and subject to change — see rebate details.
Tell us your address and water provider and we'll confirm which rebates you qualify for before we ever schedule the visit.