Water Use Rules in Monroe County, FL (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Monroe County, Florida.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Monroe County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Recycled Water Rules
In the unincorporated Florida Keys (Monroe County), landscape irrigation that draws solely from reclaimed water, treated wastewater effluent, cistern water, or desalinated water is excused from the county's year-round watering restrictions under Code of Ordinances Article IV. Section 12-79 lists the use of reclaimed water as one of the built-in exceptions to the entire irrigation-conservation article, so Keys property owners on treated effluent can irrigate without regard to the article's hour and day limits.
Reclaimed Water Irrigation Rules, Monroe County
Few RestrictionsMonroe County Code §§ 12-79, 12-84
The provisions of this article shall apply to each user, as defined in section 12-81, providing landscape irrigation from all water resources with the following exceptions: (a)The use of reclaimed water, which may or may not be supplemented from another source; ... (a)Violations of the provisions of this article may be punished, pursuant to F.S. § 162.21, as a civil infraction with a maximum ci...
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