- Water waste is prohibited
at all times. Water waste includes allowing
water to run off into a gutter, ditch, or drain;
or failing to repair a controllable leak.
- You should reduce
water consumption by any means available.
- All non-public swimming
pools must have a minimum of 25 percent
of the surface area covered with evaporation screens
when not in use. Inflatable pool toys or floating
decorations may be used.
- Hand watering
with a hand-held hose, soaker hose, drip irrigation,
bucket or watering can is permitted any time and
any day.
- Washing impervious
cover such as parking lots, driveways,
streets or sidewalks is prohibited. Health and
safety exceptions to this rule may be requested
from SAWS in writing.
- Residential washing
of vehicles or other equipment is allowed
only on assigned watering days and times. A hose
with an automatic shut-off nozzle or bucket of
five gallons or less may be used. Water should
not be allowed to run into the street.
- The use of commercial
car wash facilities is allowed any day.
- Operators of golf
courses, athletic fields and parks must
submit a conservation plan to SAWS. For submittal
requirements operators should contact SAWS Conservation
Department at 704-SAVE. Golf courses, athletic
fields and parks may not irrigate between the
hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.
- Landscape areas on
golf courses not directly "in play" are
required to follow one-day-per-week watering based
on address unless otherwise instructed by SAWS.
- Use of fountains,
waterfalls, or other aesthetic water features
— outdoors or indoors — is prohibited.
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Watering with an irrigation system or sprinkler
is allowed only once a week
before 10 a.m. or after 8 p.m. on your designated
watering day as determined by your address:
Last Digit
of Street
Address
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Watering
Day
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0 or 1
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Monday
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2 or 3
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Tuesday
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4 or 5
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Wednesday
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6 or 7
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Thursday
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8 or 9
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Friday
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No watering on weekends
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Newly-planted landscapes may qualify for a three-week
exemption from the one-day-per-week watering rules.
Property owners must mail, fax or e-mail their request
to SAWS along with their name, address of the landscape,
and date of installation. You may also apply
for a variance online.
If your request is approved, you will receive
a confirmation letter stating the duration of
the permit. Over-seeding existing turf or other
landscape is not considered new landscape and
will not be given an exemption.
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