Skip to content For the 2025 outdoor irrigation season, we are asking residential customers to help manage peak demands on our water system. Residential customers are asked to follow a voluntary watering schedule and only water their turf grass on designated days throughout the irrigation season.
Up to 3 watering days per week based on address:
*This watering schedule is voluntary and is only meant for turf irrigation. It does not affect drip irrigation, or watering trees, gardens, etc.
Watering best practices:
We are asking all customers to delay planting new sod from June – August.
Thank you again for your cooperation, help and patience this summer.
A: During the spring and summer months, over half of the water used by residential customers is used outdoors. Outdoor irrigation creates a diurnal water demand pattern, with high demands at night, when most residents water, and significantly lower demands during the day. This often requires extreme adjustments in production at the water treatment plant throughout the day, sometimes as much as doubling production within a few hours to meet the increased water demand.
Using a watering schedule to limit turf grass watering to certain days based on address makes it so the operational needs of the water treatment plant are more predictable. It helps mitigate wide swings in production by spreading the demand more evenly. Steadier production means steadier processes, protecting our ability to always deliver high-quality water and helping to lower energy demands involved in ramping plant production up and down to extremes.
A: The restrictions were not mandatory but were highly encouraged to ensure we can maintain adequate water pressure throughout the system as well as an appropriate water supply for fire protection needs.
A: The restrictions start May 1 through October 31.
A: FCLWD does have adequate water supply for our District.
A: Yes, all residential customers are asked to follow the watering schedule.
A: We recommend only using the water needed while waiting for the sod to establish and making sure you are using your water efficiently by avoiding overwatering. When your sod has rooted, typically after two weeks, please reduce your watering schedule to normal levels (up to two times per week) based on the above schedule.
A: These restrictions are highly recommended but are not mandatory. We encourage customers to share our recent emails and letters with neighbors to help spread the word so we can all do our part. As FCLWD cannot enforce the restrictions due to the limits of our Title 32 organizational structure, we are relying on voluntary compliance to avoid the need for more extreme measures.
A: FCLWD is not a land-use authority; meaning we don’t have any say in how the land in our district is used. Land use is determined by the cities and counties where we provide water. Land use authorities are also the authority that issues and manages building permits. If you have questions or concerns about land-use code, please contact the municipality directly involved.
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