Outdoor Water Use Schedules and
Restrictions
The EPD Director has placed
the entire state of Georgia under a non-drought schedule for outdoor water
use.
Under a
non-drought schedule, outdoor water use is allowed three days a week on
assigned days using odd and even-numbered addresses.
- Odd-numbered addresses can water on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Sundays.
- Even-numbered and unnumbered addresses are allowed
to water on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Water use
may occur at any time of the day on the assigned days, but to be water
efficient, landscape watering should not occur between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The non-drought schedule is included in the Rules for Outdoor Water Use.
The Board of Natural Resources
adopted Rules for Outdoor Water Use, Chapter
391-3-30 in May 2004. Under the rules, Georgians are required to follow
schedules for outdoor water use during both non-drought periods and during
periods of declared drought. The rules are consistent with Section 4 (Drought
Responses) of the Georgia
Drought Management Plan, which the Board adopted in 2003. The rules
apply to any entity, and its customers, permitted by EPD for water withdrawal
or for the operation of a public drinking water supply system.
Links
For more information
on water conservation and drought conditions, please visit these web sites:
Drought
in Georgia - University of Georgia College of Agricultural &
Environmental Sciences