When we reach Stage 1 watering restrictions, the following actions will have to be taken, as specified by our Drought Contingency & Emergency Water Management Plan:

All Water Users

1.      Initiate mandatory restrictions to prohibit non-essential water use as follows:

·        Prohibit hosing of paved areas, such as sidewalks, driveways, parking lots,

tennis courts, patios, or other impervious surfaces, except to alleviate an

immediate health or safety hazard.

·        Prohibit hosing of buildings or other structures for purposes other than fire

protection or surface preparation prior to painting.

·        Prohibit using water in such a manner as to allow runoff or other waste,

including:

o   failure to repair a controllable leak, including a broken sprinkler head, a

leaking valve, leaking or broken pipes, or a leaking faucet;

o   operating a permanently installed irrigation system with: (a) a broken

head; (b) a head that is out of adjustment and the arc of the spray head

is over a street or parking lot; or (c) a head that is misting because of

high water pressure; or

o   during irrigation, allowing water to (a) to run off a property and form a

stream of water in a street for a distance of 50 feet or greater; or (b) to

pond in a street or parking lot to a depth greater than one-quarter of an

inch.

2.      Prohibit outdoor watering with sprinklers or irrigation systems between 10 a.m. and 6

p.m.

3.      Limit landscape watering with sprinklers or irrigation systems at each service address

to a twice per week schedule as outlined below. This includes landscape watering of

parks, golf courses, and sports fields. Wholesale customers may use a different

watering schedule than the one below as long as it limits each service address to a

twice per week schedule; however, use of the same schedule would simplify the

messages passed to customers through the news media.

·        Residential addresses ending in an even number (0, 2, 4, 6, or 8) may water on

Wednesdays and Saturdays.

·        Residential addresses ending in an odd number (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) may water on

Thursdays and Sundays.

·        All non-residential locations (apartment complexes, businesses, industries,

parks, medians, etc.) may water on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Exceptions:

·        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.

·        Newly installed shrubs (first year) and trees (two years) may be watered up

to two hours on any day by handheld hose, drip irrigation, a soaker hose or

tree bubbler. Tree watering is limited to an area not to exceed the drip line

of a tree.

·        Outdoor watering at service addresses with large multi-station irrigation

systems may take place in accordance with a variance granted by the Water

Director, if the Water Director determines that a property cannot be 

completely irrigated with an average of three-quarters of an inch of water

in a single day, and that the property should be divided into sections to be

irrigated on different days.

·        Establishing new turf is discouraged. If hydromulch, grass sod, or grass

seed is installed for the purpose of establishing a new lawn, there are no

watering restrictions for the first 30 days while it is being established. After

that, the watering restrictions set forth in this stage apply. (This does not

include over seeding with rye since turf already exists.)

·        Golf courses may water greens and tee boxes without restrictions, however

watering must be done before 10 a.m. and after 6 p.m. Fairways are

restricted to twice per week watering as outlined above. Golf course rough

is restricted to once per week watering.

·        Skinned areas of sports fields may be watered as needed for dust control.

·        Professional sports fields (playing fields within a stadium only - not

surrounding landscaping) may be watered as needed to maintain league

standards.

4.      All users are encouraged to reduce the frequency of draining and refilling swimming

pools.

5.      All users are encouraged to use native and adapted drought tolerant plants in

landscaping.

6.      Washing of any motor vehicle, motorbike, boat, trailer, airplane, or other vehicle shall

be 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 commercial service station.

Companies with an automated on-site vehicle washing facility may wash its vehicles at

anytime. Further, such washing may be exempt from these requirements if the health,

safety, and welfare of the public are contingent upon frequent vehicle cleansing, such

as garbage trucks and vehicles used to transport food and perishables.

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