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Stage 4

Watering Efficiently

Landscape Variance

Power Washing Variance

Report Water Waste

Full Conservation & Drought Ordinance

Year Round watering restrictions are in effect when the Aquifer level is above 660 feet mean sea level at the monitored well.

• Water waste is prohibited at all times. Allowing water to run off into a gutter, ditch, or drain or failing to repair a controllable leak is considered water waste.
  
  
• Residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural Edwards Aquifer water users should use common sense and best practices to avoid water waste.
  
  
• Landscape watering with an irrigation system or sprinkler is permitted any day of the week between the hours of 8 p.m. and 10 a.m.
  
  
• Hand watering with a hand-held hose, drip irrigation or bucket is permitted any time of day.
  
  
• Washing impervious cover such as parking lots, driveways, streets or sidewalks is permitted, but should be done responsibly to avoid excessive runoff.
  
  
• Non-commercial washing of vehicles and mobile equipment (e.g. washing vehicles at a residence) is permitted any time. Use of an automatic shut-off nozzle or bucket of 5 gallons or less is recommended to prevent water waste.
  
  
• The use of commercial vehicle wash facilities is permitted any day.
  
  

The use of treated wastewater or recycled water is a defense to prosecution under these rules.

Year Round restrictions continue until there is an announcement in the newspaper that Stage One is in effect.