Outdoor Watering Restrictions Continue

The dog days of summer are here and if you have stepped outside recently you may agree that it's pretty hot and humid. 

But, regardless of how hot it is, Roswell's outdoor watering restrictions remain in effect.

If you're going to stay cool, your best bet may be to stay indoors and keep hydrated. As for lawns and plants, here are the city's current outdoor water use rules.

In following the Georgia Water Stewardship Act that went into effect June 2010, residents are allowed to run landscape watering by irrigation systems for planting, growing, managing or maintaining ground cover, trees, shrubs, or other plants between the hours of 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. on a daily basis.

The city's web site states that the following outdoor water uses are allowed daily at any time:

• Commercial agricultural operations (as defined in Code Section 1-3-3)
• Capture and reuse of cooling system condensate or storm water
• Reuse of "gray water" 
• Use of reclaimed waste water 
• Irrigation of personal food gardens
• Irrigation of new and replanted plant, seed, or turf in landscapes, golf courses, or sports turf fields during installation and for a period of 30 days immediately following the date of installation
• Drip irrigation or irrigation using soaker hoses
• Hand watering with a hose with automatic cutoff or handheld container
• Use of water withdrawn from private water wells or surface water
• Irrigation of horticultural crops held for sale, resale, or installation
• Irrigation of athletic fields, golf courses, or public turf grass recreational areas
• Installation, maintenance, or calibration of irrigation systems or hydro seeding.

As for power washing the siding and driveway or washing cars, the city's odd/even watering schedule remains in effect.

Residents with odd-numbered addresses (ending in 1,3,5,7, or 9) may use water for purposes other than landscape watering on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Even-numbered addresses (those ending with the number 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 or no number) may use water for purposes other than landscape watering on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

More tips on water conservation can be found at Water Conservation Georgia.