Rainwater disconnection grant
Residents of Rhenen can receive up to €500 for materials to disconnect existing roof or yard drainage from the public sewer and retain rainwater on their own land.
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This grant supports an individual household application to disconnect rainwater drainage. Redirecting water into a garden, pond or planted depression helps keep it out of the sewer and retain it locally during heavy rain and dry periods.
Gemeente Rhenen reimburses necessary disconnection materials, including PVC fittings, up to €5 per square metre disconnected and €500 in total. You can receive money only for costs actually incurred, so keep proofs of payment. A rain barrel is not reimbursed. The contribution is awarded once per address.
Eligibility
- You must live in the municipality of Rhenen and carry out the disconnection at your existing property there. Disconnect at least 20 m² of roof or yard surface that currently drains to the public sewer. An existing roof surface must be older than one year.
- Process the rainwater entirely on your own land. Your system must temporarily hold water before it overflows: provide at least the household storage capacity specified in the rules as 40 mm/m² and let overflow reach green areas. Investigate whether the soil allows water to soak in; neighbouring properties must not suffer adverse effects.
- You cannot receive support for a portion that has already received funding for greening, removing hard surfaces or disconnection. An already disconnected portion is excluded, but the rear of a home may qualify if only the front is disconnected.
- New-build projects and extensions are excluded, as are properties connected to pressure sewerage (a pumped sewer system), homes without a public-sewer connection and disconnections already required by law. The grant does not fund public paving, green walls, semi-open paving such as grass-concrete blocks, or artificial grass. Gravel and similar materials without a green appearance are excluded unless they allow a large bucket of water to soak completely into the ground within 30 minutes.
- Maintain the disconnection system and tell new residents about it when you move; they become responsible for its upkeep. If you breach the maintenance duty, you have three months to restore the provision. The grant is recovered if you fail to do so within that period. You must allow the municipality access to inspect the funded property.
How to apply
- Status
- Öppet löpande
- Villkor för ansökningsomgången
- Apply before starting; applications are handled in receipt order and refused when funding is exhausted. Programme funding is described through 23 October 2027.[^c6][^c8][^c10]
Apply to Gemeente Rhenen through its online application form before starting the work. Include a map showing the work and square metres, photographs before the work, and a technical description specifying the type of system, storage volume, emergency overflow and operation. The municipality may request additional information reasonably needed to assess your application.
After completing the work, report completion through the form linked on the municipal grant page and provide photographs of the finished work and copies of invoices for purchased materials and/or work performed. Payment follows the completed-work photographs. Keep proofs of payment for the costs claimed.
The municipality decides in writing within eight weeks of receiving a complete application. Applications are handled in receipt order and refused when funding is exhausted; the rules describe programme funding through 23 October 2027. The current municipal page invites applications while its form remains open until the allocation is reached.
For questions about the conditions, contact the municipal rainwater-disconnection coaches: Lanny Olie on 06-58076183 or Lasse Gillissen on 06-14 40 36 56.