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萨城发钱了！只要把草坪除掉！最高$6000补偿！
（FOX40）Sacramento homeowners could thousands of dollars in rebates for getting rid of their lawns
萨克拉门托市的房主可以从除草中获得数千美元的补偿
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — Sacramento has embarked on the first phase of a water conservation plan, which calls for it to cut irrigation to parks and greenbelts by 10%.
萨克拉门托，加州(KTXL)——萨克拉门托已经开始了水资源保护计划的第一阶段，要求将公园和绿地的灌溉减少10%。
The city wants residents to do the same, in part by getting rid of their lawns.
该市希望居民也能这样做，其中一种方式就是清除他们的草坪。
Sue Regan said she is proud of her new backyard landscape, which doesn’t have a blade of traditional lawn grass.
苏·里根(Sue Regan)说，她为自家后院的新景观感到骄傲，那里没有一片传统的草坪。
No lawn means smaller water bills.
没有草坪意味着水费更少。
“We’re now saving $80 a month,” Regan told FOX40.
“我们现在每个月节省80美元，”里根告诉FOX40。
That’s what Sacramento city officials want to hear as drought conditions worsen. Since the last major drought, more people have redone their landscaping.
这正是萨克拉门托市政官员希望听到的，因为干旱状况正在恶化。自从上次大旱以来，越来越多的人重新装修了园林。
A typical lawn uses 50,000 gallons of water a year. Faulty or improperly programmed timers mean much of that water is wasted.
一个典型的草坪每年要用5万加仑的水。错误或不正确的定时器意味着大量的水被浪费了。
A program to give rebates to those who replace their lawns with drought-tolerant plants was doubled this year, offering homeowners up to $6,000.
今年，一项给那些用耐旱植物取代草坪的人补偿的计划翻了一倍，为房主提供了高达6000美元补偿。
“We’ve already had about 150 applications, so that’s a pretty big jump in numbers,” said Carlos Eliason, a spokesperson with the Department of Utilities
公共事业部门发言人卡洛斯·埃利亚松说:“我们已经收到了大约150份申请，所以这个数字是一个相当大的飞跃。
“It’s been really busy,” said landscape designer Molly Roy, who founded Terran Design. “All of a sudden a lot of people are interested in switching out their lawns.”
Terran Design的创始人、景观设计师莫莉·罗伊(Molly Roy)说:“现在真的很忙。”“突然之间，很多人都对更换草坪感兴趣了。”
Roy has been fielding a lot of phone calls about the rebates.
罗伊接到了很多关于补偿的电话。
“I know I see a lot of dry lawns out there and people are really motivated now,” she said.
“我知道我看到很多假草坪，人们现在真的很有动力，”她说。
The city isn’t just handing out money. Project plans and sites are inspected before and after the project is completed, and certain rules have to be met.
这座城市不只是在发放资金。在项目完成之前和之后，都要检查项目计划和场地，并且必须符合一定的规则。
“For example, 60% of that new landscape should be coverage of drought-tolerant plants,” Eliason explained.
“例如，60%的新景观应该覆盖耐旱植物，”Eliason解释说。
Native plants that use little to no water are now available as more and more people switch over.
随着越来越多的人转种种植，现在已经可以找到很少甚至不需要水的本地植物了。
Regan was doing away with her front lawn.
里根正在清理她前面的草坪。
“I hope that we can get it, that we qualify for it. I’m going to call up right away and find out about it,” she told FOX40.
“我希望我们能获得它，我们有资格获得它。我马上打电话去看看，”她告诉FOX40。
The city says it will guide applicants through the process to make it as painless as possible.
该市表示，它将指导申请人顺利通过这个过程，使其尽可能的很快申请到补偿。
Sacramento offers a number of other rebates for water-saving toilets, faucets and irrigation systems as well in its efforts to conserve water.
萨克拉门托还为节水厕所、水龙头和灌溉系统提供了其他一些奖金，以激励大家节约用水。
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