Keep your rebate alive, step by step.
Work from top to bottom. The order matters — especially the first step.
1 · Confirm you have live grass and working irrigation
A dead lawn or bare dirt does not qualify. The program pays for converting a live, watered lawn.
2 · Run your rebate number
Thirty seconds on the calculator. Know your number before you plan anything.
3 · Apply online — before touching the yard
SNWA's application is free. If your property is on well water, you are limited to 2,500 square feet per fiscal year — plan a large yard in stages.
4 · Pass the pre-conversion site visit
SNWA photographs and measures the living grass. After this visit, you are cleared to start work.
5 · Plan to the rules: half the area in plants, on drip
Plants must cover at least half of the converted area at their full-grown size, watered by a drip system with a filter and pressure regulator. This is where most do-it-yourself plans fail — coverage is measured at full-grown plant size, not the size on planting day. The rule, explained with the math.
6 · Finish within 12 months
The clock starts at approval. A crew finishes a typical yard in one to two weeks. Doing it yourself takes longer.
7 · Final inspection, then the conservation easement
The final inspection happens within about 10 business days of your request. Then you sign the conservation easement — a recorded legal agreement that the area stays desert landscaping permanently. It stays with the property when it sells, so understand it before signing. SNWA explains it, and an attorney can too — we do not give legal advice. Our plain-English explanation is here.
8 · Your check arrives by mail
After the easement is recorded with Clark County, the check is mailed to you. That completes the program.