San Antonio · Water-Wise Rebates

The city pays you to take out your lawn.

San Antonio Water System will write you a check to replace thirsty grass with native landscape — up to ~$1,600 on a single conversion, and more over time. Noon designs it to max the rebate, sources the qualifying plants, and handles the paperwork.

Austin, San Marcos, Boerne, Georgetown & more — see your Central Texas city's rebate →

What could San Antonio pay you?

Slide to the square footage of lawn you'd convert. Estimate only — SAWS confirms final amounts.
800 sq ft
You could get back$900$1,600
WaterSaver coupons (4 × $150)$600
Irrigation design rebate$300–$1,000
≈ 60 qualifying native plants — we source them through the Brokerage.
Fall 2026 cycle: $150/coupon, 200 sq ft + 15 one-gallon plants from the approved list per coupon, up to 4 coupons per window (≈$600), lifetime cap 8 coupons (≈$1,200). Pre-approval required before you remove anything. Add a rain cistern for $1/gallon up to $2,000 (rainfall-only builds — no in-ground sprinklers).

How the money stacks

Real SAWS residential programs. Verified June 2026 — amounts rotate seasonally, so confirm at GardenStyleSA.com.
Verified
up to ~$600
WaterSaver Landscape Coupon

$150/coupon (fall). Remove 200+ sq ft of grass + sprinklers and plant 15 one-gallon approved natives per coupon. Up to 4/window; 8 lifetime (~$1,200).

Verified
$300–$1,000
Irrigation Design Rebate

Scales with how much grass you remove. Stacks on top of the coupons. Free WaterSaver irrigation consultation qualifies you (210-704-SAVE).

Verified
up to $2,000
Rain Cistern (RainSaver)

$1/gallon, min $500, capped at 2,000 gal. Catch: no potable backup and no in-ground irrigation — the all-in rainfall build.

Call to confirm
stacks
Patioscape · Outdoor Living

Replace grass with a permeable patio, deck, or stone hardscape — designed to stack with the landscape coupons. Current amounts rotate; we confirm before you commit.

Why do this with Noon

The rebate rules are specific — exact square footage, an approved plant list with no substitutions, photos before and after, pre-approval before a single blade comes out. Miss a step and the money evaporates. We design the conversion to maximize what you collect, source every qualifying plant through our grower network, and manage the SAWS application end to end.

1 · Site Read2 · Rebate-maxed design3 · Source the plants4 · We file the paperwork

Own acreage, not a city lot?

Bigger land unlocks bigger programs — TPWD's Landowner Incentive Program (50–75% cost-share), NRCS EQIP (up to 75–90%), and the Texas wildlife-management property-tax valuation (a recurring tax cut, if your land already holds ag valuation). These are habitat-scale, not subdivision rebates. If you've got the acres, ask us — we work them too.

Estimates are illustrative, not a guarantee — SAWS sets and verifies all amounts, and coupon values + deadlines change each season. Figures reflect the published Fall 2026 cycle (verified June 2026). Always confirm current terms and get pre-approval at GardenStyleSA.com/coupons-rebates before removing any landscape. Noon is not affiliated with SAWS; we help you navigate and maximize the programs.