Watering hours in Stage 2 have been 7-11 a.m. and 7-11 p.m. for over five years and people have gotten used to them. So why is SAWS proposing a change?
One reason: many people have expressed a desire to water earlier in the morning.
Another reason is energy use. Those evening watering hours of 7-11 p.m. happen to coincide with peak power demand for the Texas power grid. CPS Energy has asked energy-intensive customers like SAWS to help shift power use to a different time.
With that in mind, the new proposed watering times for Stage 2 will be 5-10 a.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight on your day.
While people with automatic irrigation have found this proposal positive, there have been concerns by hose-end sprinkler users who don’t want to drag a garden hose around in the dark. Good news: those customers may request a variance from SAWS to water earlier in the evening from 7-10 p.m.
