How to Get the Stormwater Utility Small User Credit Rebate

What you get

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).

• Residential: Up to 50% combined off the stormwater utility fee (25% quantity control + 25% quality control)

Are you eligible?

• Be a Town of Franklin, Department of Public Works customer
• Property located in: Franklin
• Single-family residential property in Franklin, MA
• Practice captures or treats runoff from at least 500 sq ft of impervious area
• Quantity-control practice (e.g. infiltration, dry well) for the 25% quantity credit
• Quality-control practice (e.g. rain garden, vegetated swale) for the 25% quality credit