Water Use Rules in St. Lucie County, FL (2026)

1 county-level rule, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in St. Lucie County, Florida.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of St. Lucie County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Recycled Water Rules

St. Lucie County's landscape irrigation ordinance exempts reclaimed water users entirely from its two-day-a-week watering schedule and daytime irrigation ban. Reclaimed water use, agricultural and nursery irrigation, and athletic-field irrigation all fall outside the ordinance, and the county's separate water-shortage rules give reclaimed-water end users their own carve-out from standard irrigation hours.

Reclaimed Water Rules in St. Lucie County, FL

Few Restrictions

St. Lucie County Code § 20-306

The provisions of this article shall apply to each user, as defined in section 20-305(15), providing landscape irrigation from all water resources within the boundaries of the unincorporated St. Lucie County with the following exceptions: (1)The use of reclaimed water, which may or may not be supplemented from another source;(2)Irrigation at agricultural and nursery operations; and(3)Irrigation...

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Water Use Rules by City in St. Lucie County

1 cities in St. Lucie County have their own water use rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

Port St. LuciePop. 217,556

1 verified rule • Recycled Water Rules

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