14 cost-saving home upgrades in Austin

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.