Water Restrictions

Stage 3 Water Restrictions

The following are key conditions, any one of which may trigger this stage:

• Water demand has reached or exceeded [90%] of delivery capacity for two consecutive days; or

• Water demand exceeds the delivery capacity for all or part of the distribution system, as determined by the District; or

• Water supply system is unable to deliver water in adequate quantities due to failure of or damage to major water system components; or

• Interruption of one or more water supply source(s).
• Natural or man-made contamination of the water supply source that threatens water availability.

The goal for water use reduction under Stage 3 is a reduction of fifteen percent (15%) in the use that would otherwise have occurred in the absence of drought contingency measures.

Measures:

• Require reduction of water use through maximum 1-day-per-week landscape irrigation schedule. Irrigation by means of automatic irrigation systems and hose-end sprinklers can occur between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and between 6:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight. Customers with street addresses ending in even numbers (0, 2, 4, 6, 8) may irrigate on Sunday. Customers with street addresses ending in odd numbers (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) may irrigate on Saturday. Any property 1) owned by the applicable Homeowner's Association or 2) deemed a common area or open space of the District may irrigate on Tuesday. Irrigation of landscaped areas and building foundations is permitted between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. if it is by means of a hand-held hose, drip irrigation or soaker hose systems.

• Restrict vehicle washing to commercial car wash facilities. Such vehicle washing shall occur only between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and between 6:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight.

• Prohibit the filling, refilling or adding of water to swimming pools, wading pools, hot tubs, spas and ornamental ponds.
• Prohibit non-essential internal water use by the District.
• Restrict watering of nursery plant stock to the designated off-peak hours applicable to residential customers.

• Implement a rate surcharge on retail usage.

• Step-up enforcement activities.

• Implement utilization of alternative water sources if available.

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