Heads up all ye gardeners, the City of Trail’s water conservation plan goes into effect Saturday.
From June 1 to Sept. 30, lawn watering is permitted only on odd numbered days for odd numbered premises and even numbered days for even numbered premises.
Conventional lawn watering, typically a garden hose and sprinkler head, is permitted only during the hours of 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on the designated day.
Automatic sprinkler systems such as underground sprinklers, or other sprinklers that are controlled by an automatic turn on/turn off device, are permitted from midnight to 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. to midnight on the designated day. Automated sprinkler systems must be set to a maximum time of 30 minutes per zone.
Hand watering of gardens and flower beds is permitted any time of the day or evening, provided a flow control device is used such as a hose nozzle.
Although not recommended, but if required, washing of sidewalks or driveways is permitted only during the hours of 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on designated days. Wetting down sidewalks and driveways as a form of cooling is prohibited and if possible avoid over-spraying onto sidewalks, driveways, streets or alleys.
Beaver Valley, Rivervale and Christina Lake are now in Stage 1 of water conservation.
This means no watering on Mondays; 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. for even numbered houses Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and odd numbered houses Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
Outdoor water use accounts for over 30 per cent of total water used in the Beaver Valley Water Service, 40 per cent in Rivervale’s water utility, and 50 per cent in the Christina Lake water utility, the regional district states.
“By reducing the number of days allowed to water and the times allowed to water, you can drastically decrease the amount of water used, which reduces the amount of water treated, amount of stress on infrastructure, and cost to maintain the system — saving water, energy and money.”
According to Warfield bylaw 759, water restrictions are in effect from June 15 to Sept. 15. Village restrictions are the same for automatic sprinkling systems and manual watering in that both are only permitted from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. for even addresses on even numbered days and odd numbered addresses on odd numbered days.
The use of a hose to wash sidewalks, driveways, exteriors of buildings, or to water boulevards in Warfield is prohibited between June 15 and Sept. 15, unless such water use is required prior to the application of a product such as paint, preservative, stucco or preparation of a surface prior to paving.
Rossland stays in Stage 1 water conservative all year unless further restrictions are announced.
This means alternate day watering based on residential street numbers (odd/even). There are no restrictions on watering vegetable gardens or fruit trees for personal use. All outdoor residential water use is permitted before 9 a.m. and after 7 p.m.
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