[romanpaula]

Effective 5 Jun 2017 - 1 Aug 2017
Lawn Watering Schedule and Times
Lawn watering is limited to a once-per-week schedule. Follow this schedule unless your city or county has a different once-per-week schedule or more stringent restrictions.

Addresses with “house numbers” …
May only irrigate on …
Ending in 0 or 1*Monday*
Ending in 2 or 3*Tuesday*
Ending in 4 or 5*Wednesday*
Ending in 6 or 7*Thursday*
Ending in 8 or 9*Friday*
No address (community common areas, etc.)*
Friday*
Unless your city or county already has stricter hours in effect, the allowable watering hours are before 8 a.m. or after 6 p.m., regardless of property size.

How long can we water each zone on our allowed day and time??

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by romanpaula

Effective 5 Jun 2017 - 1 Aug 2017
Lawn Watering Schedule and Times
Lawn watering is limited to a once-per-week schedule. Follow this schedule unless your city or county has a different once-per-week schedule or more stringent restrictions.

Addresses with “house numbers” …
May only irrigate on …
Ending in 0 or 1*Monday*
Ending in 2 or 3*Tuesday*
Ending in 4 or 5*Wednesday*
Ending in 6 or 7*Thursday*
Ending in 8 or 9*Friday*
No address (community common areas, etc.)*
Friday*
Unless your city or county already has stricter hours in effect, the allowable watering hours are before 8 a.m. or after 6 p.m., regardless of property size.

How long can we water each zone on our allowed day and time??

This is the time of the year when it begins to rain almost every day so that watering very long isn't necessary.

[Toymeister]

A direct answer is there is no limitation on time. None.
However, it is obvious by the amount of water used if you are watering less total minutes.

[redwitch]

Be careful not to overwater to compensate for only once a week. All you'll succeed in doing is having a lot of runoff, root rot and fungus on your lawn. Your grass won't die with only one a week watering, but it won't look pretty and green. It takes a lot of dryness to truly kill off either zoysia or St. Augustine.

[virgind]

So is TV running out of water. Sumter county is selling it off. Not good.

[bilcon]

Rain every day depends on what area you live in. We had very little rain last year. Lots of clouds, but the rain seemed to go around us. Good luck this year!

[golfing eagles]

I wasn't going to stir this pot, but why not?

We are being asked to reduce our water use by maybe 50% due to drought. Your lawn may not die, but it could, necessitating sodding at your expense.
Your expensive landscaping may not die, but it could

So how much are the bottling plants required to reduce their water consumption??? Or can they continue to use water without drought restrictions in order to make a profit, while we look at brown grass??? It just seems that if sacrifices need to be made due to the weather, everyone should feel some pain.

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

I wasn't going to stir this pot, but why not?

We are being asked to reduce our water use by maybe 50% due to drought. Your lawn may not die, but it could, necessitating sodding at your expense.
Your expensive landscaping may not die, but it could

So how much are the bottling plants required to reduce their water consumption??? Or can they continue to use water without drought restrictions in order to make a profit, while we look at brown grass??? It just seems that if sacrifices need to be made due to the weather, everyone should feel some pain.

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by bilcon

Rain every day depends on what area you live in. We had very little rain last year. Lots of clouds, but the rain seemed to go around us. Good luck this year!

Exactly right. We were supposed to have had rain everyday for the last week. So far we've amassed a whopping 1/2" in Lake Deaton

[HiHoSteveO]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

I wasn't going to stir this pot, but why not?

We are being asked to reduce our water use by maybe 50% due to drought. Your lawn may not die, but it could, necessitating sodding at your expense.
Your expensive landscaping may not die, but it could

So how much are the bottling plants required to reduce their water consumption??? Or can they continue to use water without drought restrictions in order to make a profit, while we look at brown grass??? It just seems that if sacrifices need to be made due to the weather, everyone should feel some pain.

Couldn't agree more.
And that 10% surcharge... Unless everyone's water meters will be read TODAY, (and again at the end) how accurate is that going to be?

[jebartle]

Notified by Ruth Kuzzard, Lake Co. Commissioner, we are not restricted.
Go figure!

[Toymeister]

To correct an earlier poster, you ARE NOT being directed to reduce water by ANY percentage. You are ordered to water on a certain day. That should reduce water consumption but it is not ordered.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Toymeister

To correct an earlier poster, you ARE NOT being directed to reduce water by ANY percentage. You are ordered to water on a certain day. That should reduce water consumption but it is not ordered.

However, by restricting watering to 1 day/week, it automatically reduces consumption. There is no point in running your sprinklers twice as long on 1 day---it just creates run-off, a soggy mess and lawn fungus. And to play devil's advocate, are the bottling plants cutting back to 3 days/week???????

[Gordon82]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

However, by restricting watering to 1 day/week, it automatically reduces consumption. There is no point in running your sprinklers twice as long on 1 day---it just creates run-off, a soggy mess and lawn fungus. And to play devil's advocate, are the bottling plants cutting back to 3 days/week???????

I don't understand all of this concern about the bottling plant. That water comes from the aquifer, while the irrigation restrictions come from reclaimed water, at least for the vast majority of homes.

I do think the way the restrictions are being implemented is ridiculous. Many people WILL run their system more on the one day and might even use up the same amount of water they were using before because they don't understand proper irrigation practices. But what everyone DOES understand is the cost they are paying, at least after the bill comes. Why not have a set of rates that spike after a certain minimum threshold is reached - something that would get the attention of just about anyone? Lots of a certain size would have a higher threshold. When your bill comes and you have to pay $250 for irrigation because you didn't pay attention, you WILL make changes. Even in a drought, it isn't necessary for people to water just once a week, even if that could be easily enforced. You need to provide a strong incentive to use less water.

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by Gordon82

I don't understand all of this concern about the bottling plant. That water comes from the aquifer, while the irrigation restrictions come from reclaimed water, at least for the vast majority of homes.

I do think the way the restrictions are being implemented is ridiculous. Many people WILL run their system more on the one day and might even use up the same amount of water they were using before because they don't understand proper irrigation practices. But what everyone DOES understand is the cost they are paying, at least after the bill comes. Why not have a set of rates that spike after a certain minimum threshold is reached - something that would get the attention of just about anyone? Lots of a certain size would have a higher threshold. When your bill comes and you have to pay $250 for irrigation because you didn't pay attention, you WILL make changes. Even in a drought, it isn't necessary for people to water just once a week, even if that could be easily enforced. You need to provide a strong incentive to use less water.