Watering Restrictions and Stages

CURRENT STAGE - STAGE 1

Stages

Stage 1 - Water Demand Status - Sustainable

  1. Water Reduction Measures: Voluntary
  2. City Parks Conservation Measure - Reduced watering schedules, duration, and times – all parks on City Water
  3. High Irrigation Customers – Volunteer Conservations Methods
  4. All Customers – Volunteer Conservation Methods

Stage 2 - Water Demand Status - Non-Maintainable

  1. Water Reduction Measures: Restrictions Required for All Customers
  2. City Parks Conservation Measures - Reduced Watering schedules, duration, and times – all Parks on City water
  3. Construction – Fire Hydrant Account - Restrict daily water use to 10,000 GPD
  4. All Customers –Mandatory Watering and Irrigating Restrictions 
    1. Designated days for watering corresponding to the last digit of the street address for the property; and hours for watering restricted to designated hours. 

Stage 2 Exceptions

These restrictions do not apply for the use of low-volume drip irrigation and hand watering with a watering can or hose with positive shut-off nozzle when watering the following plant types only:

  • Trees
  • Shrubs
  • Ornamental perennials & groundcovers
  • Annual flower beds & planters
  • Food gardens

Watering with overhead spray irrigation for the sole purpose of establishing new grass from sod or seed is permitted, as needed, for 45 days after planting.  

Properties that utilize private wells for irrigation are not required to comply with watering restrictions.  

Water use associated with irrigation system operation for the purposes of installation, repair, adjustments, performance assessments, and other related maintenance issues, provided that the system is attended to throughout the period of operation, is permitted as needed.

Stage 2 Water Restrictions Photo
Water Schedule Photo

Stage 3 - Water Demand Status - Non-Sustainable

  1. Water Reduction Measures: Restrictions Required for All
  2. City Parks Conservation Measures - All outdoor water uses prohibited
  3. Construction – Fire Hydrant Accounts - All outdoor water uses prohibited
  4. All Customers –Mandatory Watering and Irrigating Restrictions 
    1. All outdoor water uses prohibited; and
    2. All other water uses prohibited except for necessary domestic indoor use for drinking water and sanitation.

Stage 3 Exceptions

Properties that utilize private wells for irrigation are not required to comply with watering restrictions.