Saving Water
Please remember to conserve water. Year-round irrigation restrictions are in effect that prohibit lawn watering between the hours of 10-6 p.m. and require customers to irrigate twice a week on designated days only.
Stage 1 Watering Restrictions are being enforced
- No watering with irrigation systems or sprinklers between 10-6 p.m.
- Watering by hand-held hose is allowed at any time
- No watering on hard surfaces
- No watering during precipitation
- No water water through runoff, missing, misaligned or broken sprinkler heads
Exceptions to the Restrictions
Water may not run off a lawn of yard more than 50 feet. Supervised testing, repair or maintenance of an irrigation system is an exception.
Foundations may be watered up to two hours on any day using a handheld hose, soaker hose or drip irrigation system placed within 24 inches of the foundation, that does not produce a spray of water above the ground.
Establishing new turf is discouraged. If hydro mulch, grass sod, or grass seed has been installed, a variance is required.
- All users are encouraged to reduce the frequency of draining and refilling swimming pools
- All users are encouraged to use native and adapted drought tolerant plants in landscaping
- Washing of any motorized vehicle (including a motorbike, boat, trailer, airplane, etc.) is limited to the use of a hand-held bucket or a hand-held hose equipped with a positive- pressure shutoff nozzle for quick rinses. Vehicle washing may be done at any time on the premises of a commercial car wash or service station
- Discourage hosing of paved areas (sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, tennis courts, patios or other impervious surfaces), except to alleviate an immediate health or safety hazard
- No hosing of buildings or other structures for purposes other than fire protection or surface preparation prior to painting