MBG: Deer Creek Watershed Alliance

RainScape Rebates Program

Information and forms

For Landowners:

RainScape Rebates Application
Landowner Guide
Eligible Improvements List
Participating Contractors List
FAQs for Landowners

For Contractors:

Contractor Application
Contractor Guide
FAQs for Contractors

Resources:

Online RainScaping Guide
RainScaping Resources
RainScaping Presentation
Cost Comparison Presentation
Graph Paper
Drawing Instructions/Example
Estimate Roof Area
Percolation Test Instructions

Plant Suggestions:

For Moist to Average Soils
For Average to Dry Soils

Landowners in participating municipalities are eligible to take part in a RainScape Rebates program. RainScape Rebates is a voluntary program that financially assists landowners in the Deer Creek Watershed wishing to landscape their yards to improve stormwater management. Seventy-five percent of the funds will be reserved for residential landowners; the remaining 25 percent will be available for schools, churches, businesses, and parks. The maximum rebate per site is 75 percent of documented expenses up to $2,000.

Participating municipalities are:

Brentwood
Clayton
Creve Coeur
Crystal Lake Park
Des Peres
Frontenac
Glendale
Huntleigh
Kirkwood
Ladue

Maplewood
Olivette
Richmond Heights
Rock Hill
Shrewsbury
Town & Country
University City
Warson Woods
Webster Groves

The purpose of the program is to improve water quality in Deer Creek and its tributaries by installing landscaping that helps capture rain where it falls, instead of allowing water to run off-site. RainScaping can also be employed to solve a drainage problem, increase aesthetic appeal, improve property values, attract birds and butterflies, and more. Landowners may select from a variety of RainScaping options, including planting a rain garden, installing a rain barrel, amending soil, and/or replacing lawn grass with trees, shrubs, and low-maintenance ground cover.

Download an application form or pick up a hard copy application form at a participating city hall starting May 15, 2013. The application deadline for the second round of funding is July 15, 2013. Due to limited funds, qualified applications will be competitively scored. Applicants awarded rebates will be notified of funding by August 15, 2013. Optional orientations for landowners and a required orientation for contractors will be available in late May/early June.

See details about awarded proposals from the first round of funding.

RainScape Rebates Timeline
	Round One	Round Two	Round Three
Applications Available	1.7.13	5.15.13	11.15.13
Contractor and Landowner Workshops	Feb 2013	May/June 2013	Jan 2014
Rebate Applications Due	3.1.13	7.15.13	2.5.14
Project Notifications Out	3.18.13	8.15.13	3.15.14
Planting Time	Spring/Fall	Fall/Spring	Spring/Fall
Project Receipts and Completion Forms Due	No later than 12.2.13	No later than 6.15.14	No later than 12.2.14
Quality Control/ Ground Truthing/ Completion Forms Processed	Within 4 weeks of receipt of Project Completion Forms
Rebate Funds Dispersed to Landowners	Within 10 weeks of receipt of Project Completion Forms

For more information about how to incorporate rainscaping in your yard, visit the Missouri Botanical Garden's online RainScaping Guide.

The RainScape Rebates program is funded by Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation, Missouri Department of Conservation, participating municipalities, and US EPA Region 7 through the Department of Natural Resources (subgrant number G11-NPS-15), under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.