I just read it in the SacBee:
Water waste prohibited
No one may willingly allow water to run off their property into gutters or streets while irrigating landscaping.
Irrigation days
• Addresses ending in odd numbers: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
• Addresses ending in even numbers: Wednesday, Friday, Sunday.
• No irrigation on Mondays.
Exceptions:
• When standard time is in effect, generally November through early March, odd-number addresses may water only on Saturdays; even addresses only on Sundays.
• New landscaping may be watered daily for 21 days from the date of planting.
Irrigation times
• Banned between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. every day.
Washing driveways, sidewalks, parking lots: Now banned (except for health and safety reasons with prior approval).
Washing cars: Shutoff nozzle now required on hose, and washing allowed only on designated irrigation days.
Penalties
• First violation: written notice.
• Second violation: $25 fine, waived upon completion of a water conservation class.
• Third violation: $100 fine.
• Fourth and subsequent violations: $500 fine.
• Fines are doubled during a declared water shortage.
May 13, 2009
May 5, 2009
Today's News in San Diego
Monday, May 4, 2009 Coming this summer to an inland neighborhood near you: Brown lawns.
Mayor Jerry Sanders unveiled a plan Monday to designate specific lawn watering days for all residents and businesses, a step one horticulture expert said would "absolutely" cause brown and dying lawns across the city this summer. The risk would be higher farther inland.
Sanders' plan would allow residents in odd-numbered houses to water their lawns on Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Even-numbered houses would be permitted to irrigate Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Businesses, condos, apartments and homeowners associations would be allowed to water on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
"Today, we're poised at the beginning of a new era in San Diego's water history," Sanders said.The plan heads to City Council for consideration and possible approval Tuesday afternoon.
It comes as the city faces mandatory water cuts from its suppliers for the first time since the early 1990s.If approved, regulations would begin June 1 permitting residents to water for 10 minutes on each specified day and only between the hours of 6 p.m. and 10 a.m., when less water is lost to evaporation.
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Mayor Jerry Sanders unveiled a plan Monday to designate specific lawn watering days for all residents and businesses, a step one horticulture expert said would "absolutely" cause brown and dying lawns across the city this summer. The risk would be higher farther inland.
Sanders' plan would allow residents in odd-numbered houses to water their lawns on Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Even-numbered houses would be permitted to irrigate Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Businesses, condos, apartments and homeowners associations would be allowed to water on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
"Today, we're poised at the beginning of a new era in San Diego's water history," Sanders said.The plan heads to City Council for consideration and possible approval Tuesday afternoon.
It comes as the city faces mandatory water cuts from its suppliers for the first time since the early 1990s.If approved, regulations would begin June 1 permitting residents to water for 10 minutes on each specified day and only between the hours of 6 p.m. and 10 a.m., when less water is lost to evaporation.
Read more...
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