Mandatory Water Conservation

Shortage Year Water Rates and Outdoor Watering Restrictions Began June 1.

Southern California is facing a water supply shortage for the third year in a row. 

In Los Angeles, You Cannot:

• Water using sprinklers on any day other than Monday and Thursday;
• Use water to wash any hard surfaces such as sidewalks, walkways, driveways or parking areas, unless flushing is needed to protect health and safety; 
  
• Use water to clean, fill or maintain decorative fountains unless the water is part of a recirculating system; 
  
• Serve water to customers in eating establishments unless requested; 
  
• Permit leaks from any pipe or fixture to go unrepaired; 
  
• Allow for the washing of a vehicle without using a hose with a self-closing, shut-off device; 
  
• Permit watering during periods of rain; 
  
• Irrigate landscaping between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.; 
  
• Water outdoors for more than 15 minutes per watering station, 10 minutes for other irrigation systems; 
  
• Allow runoff onto streets and gutters from excessive watering; 
  
• Install single-pass cooling systems in new buildings; 
  
• Install non-recirculating systems in new car wash and commercial laundry systems; 
  
• Permit large landscape areas to water without rain sensors that shut off irrigation systems.

From the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power here.