Massachusetts Native Landscaping Rebates

Rebate toward irrigation system removal and planting of native or alternative landscaping. Issued as Visa gift card. Must maintain property without irrigation system after removal.

Contact within 5 days of application. Allow 4–6 weeks for rebate processing after approval.

Grants for green stormwater infrastructure (rain gardens, bioswales, permeable pavement, habitat restoration, environmental education, etc.). BWSC pays 100% of eligible project costs, capped at $8,000, one grant per property every ten years (education grant excepted). Stormwater credits up to 30% off stormwater charges for approved BMPs; additional 5% for education. Combined credits up to 40%.

BWSC implemented expanded stormwater program April 2024. Grant offsets project costs; credits reduce ongoing stormwater bill. Rain gardens with native plants qualify.

A recurring credit of up to 25% on the stormwater utility bill for single, two, and three-family homes (and small residential condos) that install and maintain approved best-management practices such as rain gardens, dry wells, and permeable pavers. The credit is scaled by the share of impervious area treated, capped at 25%. This is an ongoing bill credit, not a one-time cash rebate (Town of Concord Stormwater Utility; last verified June 2026).

Recurring stormwater fee discount, not a cash rebate.

An ongoing bill credit against Franklin's residential stormwater utility fee (average single-family fee ~$60.72/year), not a one-time cash rebate. The Small User Credit provides a maximum 25% credit for stormwater quantity controls and a separate maximum 25% credit for stormwater quality controls, each requiring the practice to capture or treat runoff from at least 500 square feet of impervious area, for a combined cap of 50%. Eligible practices include rain gardens, vegetated swales, infiltration trenches, dry wells, and permeable pavement (Town of Franklin Stormwater Utility Credit Manual; last verified July 2026).

Resolves the open carry-forward lead (prior sweeps could not parse the Credit Manual PDF via WebFetch; pdftotext -layout extracted it this pass). Fixed threshold-based credit (500 sq ft minimum), not a continuous per-square-foot formula, same structural pattern as the existing Northampton/Concord/Reading/Milton MA entries. Combined credit worth ~$30/yr on the average fee, above the trivial-dollar floor. Chicopee "Rain Smart Rewards" remains unconfirmed (ordinance delegates the actual rate to unpublished administrative rules) - carried forward.

A recurring 25% discount on the stormwater fee for small residential properties (single-family up to 4 units) that mitigate at least 50% of stormwater runoff for the 10-year storm event using on-site best-management practices. Annual maintenance records are required to keep the credit. This is an ongoing bill credit, not a one-time cash rebate (Town of Milton Stormwater Enterprise; last verified June 2026).

Recurring stormwater fee discount, not a cash rebate; effective next fiscal year.

An ongoing bill credit against Newton's flat $200/year residential stormwater fee, not a one-time cash rebate. A single-family house with all roof leaders connected underground to a 500-gallon dry well sized for a 100-year storm (7 inches of rain over 24 hours) qualifies for a 50% fee deduction; a second 500-gallon dry well collecting driveway runoff, sized the same way, qualifies for an additional 25% reduction, combinable up to 75% total (City of Newton; last verified July 2026).

Ongoing bill credit, not a cash rebate. The 50%/25% figures match this directory's prior carry-forward note and are corroborated by a search-engine index of the official page; the underlying guidelines PDF could not be independently byte-extracted despite multiple attempts, so treat as high-confidence rather than a fresh direct-page read.

An ongoing credit on the stormwater utility fee (NOT a one-time cash rebate): up to a 25% fee reduction for building a rain garden of at least 100 square feet that meets the Massachusetts Stormwater Handbook design requirements, with total credits per property capped at 50% of the stormwater fee. Open to all small residential (1-3 family) properties; the credit continues as long as the rain garden is maintained (City of Northampton DPW, Stormwater & Flood Control Utility; last verified June 2026).

Recurring stormwater-fee credit, not a one-time cash rebate. 1-3 family residential eligible.

An ongoing abatement of the stormwater assessment (NOT a one-time cash rebate): single and two-family properties that install and maintain infiltration systems or other means to reduce runoff are eligible for an abatement of up to 50% of their total assessment. Infiltration-based green infrastructure (rain gardens, drywells, infiltration chambers) qualifies; rain barrels do not (Town of Reading Storm Water Enterprise Fund; last verified June 2026).

Recurring stormwater-fee abatement, not a one-time cash rebate. Rain barrels excluded; infiltration GI (incl. rain gardens) qualifies.