City of Round Rock water customers can claim up to $500/year back on smart sprinkler upgrades. About 60% of "Round Rock" residents qualify. The other 40% — on Crossroads or Brushy Creek MUD — don't. This page is honest about which is which, and what to do either way.
Built by Derwin — neighbor on the east side. I'm on Crossroads, so I don't get the rebate either. That's why I built the savings tool.
Free — no email required to look. Verifies your address against the city customer roster and gives you the right forms in the right order.
Works with your existing Rachio controller. Optional Ecowitt soil probes (~$120 total) make it dramatically smarter.
Three pieces. The tool is the glue.
Ecowitt WH51 probes (one per zone) measure actual volumetric water content in your dirt — not a forecast, not a model, the real thing.
We combine soil moisture, NOAA forecast, evapotranspiration, and the 10am-7pm ordinance window to decide if a zone needs water — and how much.
We hit Rachio's API to start the right zones at the right time. Skips storms automatically. Never watering between 10am and 7pm. You stop guessing.
Doesn't matter who bills you for water — City of Round Rock, Crossroads, BCMUD, doesn't matter. The ordinance is a city code that applies inside the city limits. Year-round. Fines start at $250 for first offense and escalate. The TurfPulse tool simply will not fire your zones inside the prohibited window, even when soil readings would otherwise call for it. It re-queues the run for after 7pm.
If your current irrigation runs on a clock-only schedule, you've probably already broken this ordinance this season without realizing it.
Look at your water bill. If it says 'City of Round Rock Utilities' as the issuer, you qualify for the rebate program. If it says 'Crossroads Utility Services', 'Brushy Creek MUD', 'Travis County WCID', or any other private/MUD provider, you don't — the rebate is funded by city ratepayers and only available to them. The smart-irrigation tool still works either way; the city rebate is just a bonus the city customers can claim.
Yes — straight from the City of Round Rock's 'Smart Irrigation Rebate' guidelines (last revised October 2025). The structure is 50% of cost capped per item: $100 for a WaterSense controller, $50 for rain/soil/freeze sensors, $50/zone for drip conversions, $25/zone for zone capping, $200 for a 50% irrigation checkup, and a hard $500/year ceiling per residential account. You can mix and match across categories. Verify on the official city rebate page before purchasing — these things can change.
City-of-Round-Rock code prohibits irrigation between 10am and 7pm year-round. It applies regardless of which water provider you use — it's a city ordinance, not a water-bill thing. The TurfPulse smart-irrigation tool respects this window automatically; you set your schedule and it won't fire during ordinance hours even if soil moisture drops below your threshold. It'll queue the run for after 7pm instead. No more $250 ordinance fines.
Same outcome (smart irrigation that pays attention to your dirt, not just the forecast), without the rebate. My water bill on Crossroads dropped about $42/month once I stopped guessing. No rebate is coming our way — Crossroads is a private utility and doesn't run a conservation rebate program. So the only return is the bill savings + the ordinance-fine avoidance. For a typical Round Rock yard, that's still $30-50/mo back in your pocket from May through October.
If you already have a Rachio (Gen 2 or 3), you're 80% of the way there — TurfPulse uses Rachio's API to fire your zones. Soil probes are optional but recommended; the cheapest path is one Ecowitt GW2000 gateway plus 2-3 WH51 probes (about $120 total on Amazon). If you're starting from a basic clock-based controller, a WaterSense smart controller is the eligible rebate purchase the city actually subsidizes — Rachio 3 and Hydrawise both qualify.
If you have receipts, photos of the installed equipment, and your water bill in front of you — about 20 minutes. The form is mostly straightforward but Round Rock requires you to include 'before' photos of your existing controller AND 'after' photos of the new install, plus the WaterSense product label. The free tool walks you through each requirement in order so you don't get to the bottom of the form and realize you're missing a doc.
Free to set up. Free to use the rebate walkthrough. The probe-driven side has a founder tier at $5/month if you want it, but the basics work without paying anything.
No spam, no shared data, no marketing emails unless you opt in. Built by a Round Rock homeowner who got tired of guessing.
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