Water Use Rules in Meridian, ID (2026)
2 verified water use rules for Meridian, Idaho, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Turf Replacement Rebates
Meridian's elective water-conserving landscape design option caps lawn and turf at 50% of total landscaped area, using approved drought-tolerant grasses, in exchange for a reduced street landscape buffer.
Meridian Water-Conserving Turf Cap
Some RestrictionsMeridian City Code § 11-3B-5.O.3
Lawn and turf areas shall not comprise more than fifty (50) percent of the total landscaped areas and shall consist of water conserving grasses, including, but not limited to, buffalo grass, blue gamma grass, compact fescue, Xerilawn, turf type tall fescue and/or rhyzomotuous tall fescue.4.Herbaceous and/or perennial ground cover shall be drought tolerant and able to withstand dry conditions on...
Recycled Water Rules
Meridian's landscaping code requires new development to irrigate with nonpotable or reuse water instead of potable water whenever the city public works department determines it's available, with a backup water source generally required too.
Meridian Mandates Reuse Water for Landscape Irrigation
Some RestrictionsMeridian City Code § 11-3B-6.D
Nonpotable water. Use of nonpotable irrigation and/or reuse water is required when determined to be available by the city public works department as set forth in Section 9-1-28, "Pressurized Irrigation System", of this code; reuse water may not be used for stormwater facilities. Water availability during the fall and spring seasons is also required by connecting to city potable water, city reus...
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