New Watering Schedule Now in Effect for LADWP Customers
Watering Days Expanded, Schedule Based on Customer Street Address
July 19, 2014
LOS ANGELES — Changes to the City of Los Angeles' Water Conservation Ordinance went into effect today for Los Angeles City residents and businesses, allowing LADWP customers to water with sprinklers up to three days per week. Customers whose street addresses end with an odd number – 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9 – are permitted to use their sprinkler systems on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Customers whose addresses end in even numbers – 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8 are permitted to do so on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Addresses ending in fractions are treated as whole numbers and observe the same day restrictions as others on their same side of the street, (ie: 4321 ½ is regarded as 4321, an odd-numbered address.)
Sprinkler time limits are based on the type of nozzle used. Spray head sprinklers and bubblers, which are non-conserving models and are common in most landscapes, are allowed up to 8 minutes per watering station per day. Rotors and multi-stream rotary heads are allowed 15 minutes per cycle and up to two cycles per day per watering station. Watering with sprinklers is restricted to hours before 9:00 a.m. and after 4:00 p.m., regardless of the watering day.
All other prohibited uses of water, which include prohibiting hosing down driveways and sidewalks and water runoff, requiring all leaks be fixed and only using hoses fitted with shut-off nozzles, remain in effect. Hand-watering using garden hoses fitted with shut-off nozzle devices is permissible any day of the week before 9:00 a.m. and after 4:00 p.m. ref: http://www.ladwpnews.com/go/doc/1475/881355/New-Watering-Schedule-Now-in-Effect-for-LADWP-Customers
- Customers whose street addresses end with an odd numbers – 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9 – are permitted to use their sprinkler systems on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
- Customers whose addresses end in even numbers - 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8 are permitted to do so on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
Anti-drought bill by Rep. Napolitano
Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-El Monte, reintroduced the Water in the 21st Century Act Tuesday, a bill she first submitted in July 2014.
She no longer believes she stands alone.
“Now they are more willing to talk about it. Now some of my colleagues in other states are interested because it is affecting many other states,” she said during an interview shortly before her bill was reintroduced with the support of 26 fellow Democratic members, including Rep. John Garamendi whose district stretches from Chico to Davis to Fairfield. source: http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20150114/anti-drought-bill-by-rep-napolitano-catching-a-wave-of-interest-in-congress