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14 cost-saving home upgrades in Austin

Water conservation can be cool — and save you some cash.

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Improve your pool, irrigation system, and landscape with tools that will cut costs and save water.

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If you’re a longtime Austinite, you’re familiar with drought regulations, conversation efforts, and water rate hikes. What you may not know: Austin Water offers free home upgrades and rebates, which simultaneously helps the planet and saves customers money.

Home improvements

  • Request free conservation tools like a water-efficient showerhead, kitchen faucet aerator, and bathroom faucet aerator.
  • Get up to $200 for a new pool cover and up to $250 for a cartridge pool filter.

In the yard

  • Request a free soil moisture meter.
  • Check out a water saver hose meter or sunlight calculator at Austin Public Library.
  • Apply for landscape rebates to convert turf grass into a native bed, upgrade landscaping to retain rainwater, and harvest rainwater.
  • Apply for up to $1,000 for improving your irrigation system’s efficiency.
  • Get up to $40 back on hose timers and up to $150 back to reuse laundry water to water landscape.
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