
Watering Activity Restrictions
ALLOWED
These activities are allowed under current watering restrictions:
- Ornamental water fountains
- Irrigation and sprinklers before 10:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. on your designated days
- Watering by hand anytime with a pistol grip nozzle or automatic shut-off
- A drip or soaker hose can be used anytime
- Residential car washing is allowed anytime, but you must use a pistol grip nozzle or automatic shutoff
- Charity car washes are allowed anytime, but must use a pistol grip nozzle or automatic shut-off
- Commercial car washes, meeting a minimum 50% water recycling requirement
- Splash pads and other commercial recreational water devices
- Events involving the use of water, such as festivals, parties, water slides, and other activities involving the use of water if the water being used drains to a recirculating device, or - onto a pervious surface to prevent water waste
- Filling of all new and existing swimming pools, hot tubs, and wading pools
- Pressure washing must have a spray nozzle that uses no more than 3.5 gallons of water per minute and employs a working trigger shut-off with a protective weep mechanism
- Extended landscape variances must be requested. One 21-day variance is granted per installation.
- Irrigation of commercial plant nurseries and residential food-supplying vegetable gardens
PROHIBITED
These activities are NOT allowed under current watering restrictions:
- Water waste
- Off-schedule watering
- Broken or misdirected sprinkler heads
- Excessive runoff or ponding
- Controllable leaks