If you use reclaimed water, it is less of an issue -- go ahead and water twice a week; you're not really wasting any necessary water. If your neighbors' lawns are nice and green, have no fear -- they're watering more than once a week. The reality is you have a choice right now -- break the rules or be prepared to replace your lawn.
What I've found works is water twice a week but set the regular sprinklers to 20 minutes and rotators to 30. Start your watering around 3-4 am (if you water in the evening, you take a chance of getting mold in the grass).
Once we get into the rainy season, you can go back to once a week.
Reality is it is unseasonly hot and unseasonly dry -- a nasty combo for any plant.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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